The Modock Mine is a stone, crushed/broken and gold mine located in Washington county, Idaho at an elevation of 2,598 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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: 2,598 Feet (792 Meters)
Commodity: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Gold
Lat, Long: 44.33893, -116.90289
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Modock Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Modock Mine
Secondary: Tip Top 1954
Commodity
Primary: Stone, Crushed/Broken
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Idaho
County: Washington
District: Monroe District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
Owner Name: Line Brothers
Years: 1954 -
Owner Name: Glenn And Gary Erharde ( 1954 )
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Sedimentary
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1911
Discovery Year: 1911
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Payette Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR BANDS AND SEAMS
Structure
Type: R
Description: Snake River Downwarp; Broad Syncline
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Sandstone
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Geology): ANDESITE HAS BECOME BRECCIATED AND LATER HEALED WITH SILICA, IN THE FORM OF GOLD-BEARING QUARTZ VEINS AND SEAMS.
Comment (Location): JUST N OF HWY 95 ; SST QUARRY .4 MI FARTHER N
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET IN LENGTH
References
Reference (Deposit): BELL, R. N., 1912, 13TH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR THE YEAR 1911, P. 132 - 133.
Reference (Deposit): ROSS, C. P., 1956 , QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS NEAR WEISER, WASHINGTON COUNTY, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 1042-D, P. 79 - 104 .
Reference (Deposit): 1912 COMPILE 13TH ANN. REPT. OF MINING INDUSTRY FOR 1911
Reference (Deposit): 1941 RECON C. P. ROSS AND C. H. DANE, BULL. 1042-D
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