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Cliff

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. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102934
MRDS ID M010192
Record type Site
Current site name Cliff
Related records 10115732

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.21049, 41.95264 (WGS84)
Elevation 2286
Relative position 2 MI SOUTH OF CAVE LAKE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Modoc(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Bidwell(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cedarville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Alturas(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Surprise Valley(hydrologic unit)

North Lahontan(hydrologic accounting unit)

North Lahontan(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 047N 015E 11,12 SW4 (12); SE4 (11) California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

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) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.21049, 41.95264
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Warner Mountains

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name High Grade

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HILL, J.M., 1915, SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN NORTHEASTERN CALIFORNIA AND NORTHWESTERN NEVADA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN, PL. 5

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit USGS MODEL MAY ALSO BE 25A: HOT-SPRING AU-AG.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1979 Mateik, R. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1991 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

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