The Seitz is a copper mine located in Modoc county, California at an elevation of 5,860 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 5,860 Feet (1,786 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 41.7625, -120.19528
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Seitz MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Seitz
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Location
State: California
County: Modoc
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Form: VEINS
Structure
Type: R
Description: Warner Mountains
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cuprite
Ore: Malachite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): SERIES OF NARROW VEINS 2-8 IN. WIDE. THE TYPE OF DEPOSIT IS UNKNOWN
Comment (Production): SOME HIGH GRADE ORE SHIPPED FROM THIS PROPERTY.
Comment (Workings): 336 FT LONG TUNNEL, 90 FT DEEP SHAFT; LARGE NUMBER OF SHALLOW OPEN CUTS MADE ON THE VEINS
Comment (Location): CALIF. BULLETIN 144 SHOWS THIS MINE IN SEC. 18, 19, 45N/15E. HOWEVER, DESCRIPTIVE LOCATION AND REFERENCE TO FORT BIDWELL QUADRANGLE IN REPORT 15INDICATES IT MAY BE 16E. TUNNEL SYMBOL IS SHOWN ON QUADRANGLE IN SW1/4 SW1/4 SEC. 18, 45N/16E.
References
Reference (Deposit): ERIC, J.H., 1948, TABLUATION OF COPPER DIPOSITS OF CALIFORNIA, IN COPPER IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES BULLETIN 144, P. 272.
Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W.B., 1919, MODOC COUNTY, IN 15TH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 241.
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