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Lost Cabin

Past Producer in Modoc county in California, United States with commodity Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102929
MRDS ID M010123
Record type Site
Current site name Lost Cabin
Alternate or previous names Hess
Related records 10237064

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.93412, 41.35764 (WGS84)
Elevation 1463
Relative position PASS OFF HIGHWAY 299, 15 MI NORTHWEST OF ADIN AT HEAD OF SOUTH FORK OF STONE COAL CREEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Modoc(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Adin Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Alturas(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Alturas(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Pit(hydrologic unit)

Upper Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Modoc National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Modoc

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 041N 009E 28,33 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS RAN $12-36/TON AU

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 151
USGS model code 25d
Deposit model name Epithermal vein, Sado
Mark3 model number 28

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.93412, 41.35764
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault At 200 Ft Level In Mine, Displaces Vein To South With Strike N 15 W And Dip To E

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Strike N 42 W
    Dip 55 SW
    Thickness 3.05M
    Length 45.72M

Comments on the geologic information

  • ANDESITE IS BRECCIATED IN FAULT ZONE, BUT BRECCIA IS NOT ABUNDANT AT THE MINE ; GEOL.DESC: FOOTWALL ROCK CONTAINS, PHENOCRYSTS OF ALBITE, HORN BLENDE, AND SOME QUARTZ IN A DARK GREEN GROUNDMASS, IT IS PROBABLY ANDESITIC. THERE ARE VEINLETS OF SECONDARY QUARTZ ALSO

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1904
Production years - 1929

Mining district

District name Winters

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Don Koza
    First year 1986

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 304.8M

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY A 225 FT VERTICLE SHAFT WITH A 60 FT NORTHEAST CROSSCUT TO VEIN WITH DRIFTS ON VEIN. AN OLD INCLINED SHAFT WENT TO A DEPTH OF 300 FT WITH A 150 FT EAST DRIFT ON THE 150 FT LEVEL AND A 160 FT EAST DRIFT ON THE 250 FT LEVEL, CONSIDERABLE OTHER WORKINGS

Comments on development

  • 4 PEOPLE EMPLOYED IN 1986; NATURE OF WORK UNKNOWN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C.V., 1929, MODOC COUNTY, IN 25TH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND MINING, P. 14-16.

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C.V., 1936, MINERAL RESOURCES OF MODOC COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 32, NO. 4, P. 453-454.

  • Deposit

    HILL, J.M., 1915, SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN NORTHEASTERN CALIFORNIA AND NORTHWESTERN NEVADA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 594, P. 48-51.

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B., 1919, MODOC COUNTY, IN 15TH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 251-252.

  • Deposit

    CLARK, W.B., 1970, GOLD DISTRICTS OF CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 193, P. 177.

  • Deposit

    CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, 1987, MINES AND MINERAL PRODUCERS ACTIVE IN CALIFORNIA DURING 1986: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY SPECIAL PUBLICATION 93, P. 57.

  • Production

    AVERILL ( 1929 )

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN WITH CONSIDERABLE WALL ROCK, GOUGE, AND QUARTZ. RICHEST ORE ON FOOTWALL OF VEIN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1979 Mateik, R. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1991 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

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