Modoc Mine

Past Producer in Lander county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10173495
MAS/MILS ID 0320150112
Record type Site
Current site name Modoc Mine
Alternate or previous names Modoc Group

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -117.18235, 40.531 (WGS84)
Elevation 1615

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lander(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Antler Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dixie Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lander

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 031 N 042 E 24 NENWSW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • CITED REFERENCES GIVE LOCATION AS SEC. 24, T. 31 N., R. 42 E. THE ANTLER PEAK 7.5-MIN. TOPO MAP SHOWS THIS MINE IN THE SW/4 SEC. 30, T. 31 N., R. 43 E.; THE LOCATION OF THIS RECORD IS PLACED AT THIS SITE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -117.18235, 40.531

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES IC 7043, 1939, P. 35.

  • Deposit

    NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 88, 1977, TABLE 13,

  • Deposit

    P. 70.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-JUL-1993 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.