Seitz Mine

Past Producer in Modoc county in California, United States with commodity Copper
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. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10115766
MRDS ID M010222
MAS/MILS ID 0060490154
Record type Site
Current site name Seitz Mine
Related records 10102937

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -120.19745, 41.76456 (WGS84)
Elevation 1786
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Modoc(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fort Bidwell(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cedarville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Alturas(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Surprise Valley(hydrologic unit)

North Lahontan(hydrologic accounting unit)

North Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

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

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Modoc

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 045 N 016 E 18 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) Quaternary alluvium and marine deposits

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. REPT. 15, P. 241; REPT. 25, P. 12; V. 32, NO. 4, P. 4

  • Deposit

    144, P. 272; SIX CLAIMS: LITTLE BEN, JOSIAH, CHRISTY, DREAM,

  • Deposit

    CHARITY AND BLUE JAY

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 23-NOV-1983 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.

Authoritative California resources

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