Modoc Mine

Past Producer in Lander county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver, Lead, Manganese, Molybdenum
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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044039
MRDS ID M231358
Record type Site
Current site name Modoc Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.18206, 40.53101 (WGS84)
Elevation 1615
Relative position 15 MILES SW OF TOWN OF BATTLE MOUNTAIN

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 031N 043E 30 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ON RIDGE W. OF MOUTH OF WILLOW CREEK CANYON

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Manganese Critical Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore

Analytical data

Result UPTO $40 IN GOLD AND 4 OZ/T AG

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.18206, 40.53101

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description N-Trending Faults

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike NTON25W
    Dip STEEP
    Thickness 1.07M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zones, Up To 3 1/2 Ft Wide

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1925
Discoverer H. Broyle

Mining district

District name Battle Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Crawford, C.
    First year 1930

Comments on the production information

  • $5,000 TO $10,000 WORTH OF PRODUCTION, INCLUDING SOME LEAD.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 22.86M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT, 2 DRIFTS

Comments on development

  • H. BROYLE WORKED THE MINE FOR SEVERAL YEARS; IT WAS BOUGHT BY W. HERT FELDER IN 1930, WHO SOLD IT TO C. CRAWFORD. THERE WAS A SMALL MAKESHIFT AMALGAMATION MILL ON THE PREMISES FOR A TIME.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DISCOVERED ABOUT 1925 BY H. BROYLE WHO WORKED IT FOR SEVERAL YEARS. IN 1930, W. HERTFELDER BOUGHT IT & THEN SOLD IT TO C. CRAWFORD. WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 75-FT. SHAFT WITH 2 DRIFTS. THERE WAS A SMALL MAKESHIFT AMALGAMATION MILL ON THE PREMISES FOR A TIME ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1980 La Pointe, D. D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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.