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Ft. Bidwell Consolidated Mines

Past Producer in Modoc county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Copper
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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. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10031417
MRDS ID M010190
Record type Site
Current site name Ft. Bidwell Consolidated Mines
Alternate or previous names Claims: Mountain View, Missing Link, Diamond Fraction, Old Glory, Valley View
Related records 10164735

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.21077, 41.95875 (WGS84)
Elevation 2377
Relative position ON NORTH SIDE OF DISCOVERY HILL, 3/4 MI EAST OF LITTLE LILY 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)

Goose Lake(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 047N 015E 11,12 CENTER OF BORDER OF W (12); CENTER OF E (11) California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • HIGH GRADE ORE EXTRACTED

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.21077, 41.95875
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Warner Mountains

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Strike N 70 W; N80W
    Dip 75 S; 60-70S
    Thickness 1.52M
  • General form VEIN
    Strike N 70 W; N80W
    Dip 75 S; 60-70S

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

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 182.88M

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY CROSSCUT ADIT, 150 FT TO VEIN WITH A 250 FT EAST DRIFT ON VEIN. TWO ORE SHOOTS 40 AND 50 FT LONG WERE DEVELOPED ALONG WITH TWO WINZES 35 AND 75 FT DEEP

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B., 1919, MODOC COUNTY, IN 15TH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 246-247.

  • Deposit

    HILL, J.M., 1915, SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN NORTHEASTERN CALIFORNIA AND NORTHWESTERN NEVADA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 594, P. 46, PL. 5.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CUTS RHYOLITE AND UNDERLYING ANDESITE. HIGH GRADE ORE ASSOCIATED WITH HEAVY IRON-STAINED GOUGE ON HANGING WALL. SOME OF VEIN QUARTZ SHOWS COPPER SILICATE STAIN. VEIN 4 IN.-5 FT THICK.; USGS MODEL MAY ALSO BE 25A: HOT-SPRING AU-AG.
Deposit DEVELOPMENT HAS BEEN ON MOUNTAIN VIEW AND SUGAR PINE CLAIMS ; 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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