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Craig Property

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. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10031400
MRDS ID M010160
Record type Site
Current site name Craig Property
Related records 10188062

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.30717, 41.91625 (WGS84)
Elevation 1536
Relative position 3 MI EAST OF WILLOW RANCH, 8 MI EAST OF NEW PINE CREEK, OREG.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Modoc(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Willow Ranch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cedarville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Alturas(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Goose Lake(hydrologic unit)

Upper Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Modoc

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 047N 014E 13 S2 OF NW4 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) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.30717, 41.91625
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Warner Mountains
Type of structure Local
Structure description Contact Of Andesite And Rhyolite Breccia

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Strike NE
    Dip 45 SW

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

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner W. H. Craig, Matt Lock, Modrell Brothers, And J.L. Lyon

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION FIGURE REPORTED, MILL COMPLETED IN 1936 BUT NOT IN OPERATIONBUT $50-ORE WAS REPORTED. BUT $50-ORE WAS REPORTED.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 115.82M

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY AN ADIT WITH A 160 FT INCLINED WINZE DRIVEN ON THE VEIN WITH DRIFTING ON BOTTOM, 60 FT ON 100 FT LEVEL AND 60 FT ON 50 FT LEVEL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C.V., 1936, MINERAL RESOURCES OF MODOC COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 32, NO. 4, P. 451-452

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, ON CONTACT OF ANDESITE AND A BRECCIA, PROBABLY RHYOLITIC, ON FOOTWALL SIDE. FRACTURE ON THE BRECCIA SIDE CARRIES VEIN WITH CONSIDERABLE GOUGE AND IRON OXIDE WHICH IS SAID TO CARRY GOLD.; USGS MODEL MAY ALSO BE 25A: HOT-SPRING AU-AG.
Deposit 484 ACRES, NO OTHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

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
Updater 01-DEC-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

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