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Modoc Gold Mines, Inc.

Past Producer in Trinity county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Iron
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103429
MRDS ID M023852
Record type Site
Current site name Modoc Gold Mines, Inc.
Alternate or previous names Wagner
Related records 10165676

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.76583, 41.1029 (WGS84)
Elevation 1073
Relative position 0.5 MI. E. COFFEE CREEK RANCH, 2400 FT. N. OF COFFEE CREEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Trinity(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ycatapom Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Shasta(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Weed(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Trinity(hydrologic unit)

Klamath(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Shasta-Trinity National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Trinity Alps Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Trinity

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 038N;037N 008W;008W 34;03 California

Comments on the location information

  • 2 LOCATIONS UTM ACC. S 1/2 S 1/2 34

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Iron Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.76583, 41.1029
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH-SWELL
    Strike N30E
    Dip 70E
    Thickness 1.52M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault(S), Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • GRANODIORITE INTRUDED BY LAMPROPHYRE DIKES. MASS OF SERPENTINE FOUND A FEW HUNDRED FEET TO NORTH

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • DRIFTS OF 150 FT. ON UPPER LEVEL AND 550 FT. ON MILL LEVEL. BOTH CONNECTED BY 57 FT. RAISE. MILLSITE AND MISC. BUILDINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C.V., 1941, MINERAL RESOURCES OF TRINITY COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 37, NO. 1, P. 48-49

  • Deposit

    MACDONALD, D.F., 1912, GOLD LODES OF THE CARRVILLE DISTRICT: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 530-D, P. 28

General comments

Subject category Comment text
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).
Deposit PATENTED 240 ACRES AND 5 ADDITIONAL UNPATENTED CLAIMS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Nelson, Scott C. (Albers, John, P.) U.S. Geological Survey

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