The Modoc Gold Mines, Inc. is a gold mine located in Trinity county, California at an elevation of 3,520 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: 3,520 Feet (1,073 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 41.10306, -122.76472
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Modoc Gold Mines, Inc. MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Modoc Gold Mines, Inc.
Secondary: Wagner
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Iron
Location
State: California
County: Trinity
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
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Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: Klamath Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: PINCH-SWELL
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Geology): GRANODIORITE INTRUDED BY LAMPROPHYRE DIKES. MASS OF SERPENTINE FOUND A FEW HUNDRED FEET TO NORTH
Comment (Deposit): PATENTED 240 ACRES AND 5 ADDITIONAL UNPATENTED CLAIMS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Location): 2 LOCATIONS UTM ACC. S 1/2 S 1/2 34
Comment (Deposit): VEINS, AVG. 2 FT. THICK ORE SHOOTS SAID TO BE 30-60 FT. LONG, 2 FT. THICK FOR DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF DEPOSITS, SEE MACDONALD (1912).
Comment (Workings): DRIFTS OF 150 FT. ON UPPER LEVEL AND 550 FT. ON MILL LEVEL. BOTH CONNECTED BY 57 FT. RAISE. MILLSITE AND MISC. BUILDINGS
References
Reference (Deposit): MACDONALD, D.F., 1912, GOLD LODES OF THE CARRVILLE DISTRICT: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 530-D, P. 28
Reference (Deposit): AVERILL, C.V., 1941, MINERAL RESOURCES OF TRINITY COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 37, NO. 1, P. 48-49
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