| Deposit ID | 10044039 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M231358 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Modoc Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -117.18206, 40.53101 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1615 |
| Relative position | 15 MILES SW OF TOWN OF BATTLE MOUNTAIN |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Lander |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 031N | 043E | 30 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Lead | Secondary |
| Manganese Critical | Tertiary |
| Molybdenum | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Result | UPTO $40 IN GOLD AND 4 OZ/T AG |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite |
| (1) | -117.18206, 40.53101 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | N-Trending Faults |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | NTON25W |
| Dip | STEEP |
| Thickness | 1.07M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1925 |
| Discoverer | H. Broyle |
| District name | Battle Mountain District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Crawford, C. |
| First year | 1930 |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 22.86M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M231358 |
STEWART, J.H., MCKEE, E.H., AND STAGER, H.K., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA; NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 88.
ROBERTS, R.J., AND ARNOLD, D.C., 1965.
| 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 |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-DEC-1980 | La Pointe, D. D. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology |
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