Commodities
PrimaryGold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model151: Epithermal vein, Sado
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formVEIN
Materials
Ore mineralsGold
GangueCalcite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockAndesite
StructureFault At 200 Ft Level In Mine, Displaces Vein To South With Strike N 15 W And Dip To E
Tectonic settingModoc Plateau
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years- 1929
Discovery year1904
Identification
Deposit ID10102929
MRDS IDM010123
Alternate namesHess
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates41.35764, -120.93412
References
AVERILL, C.V., 1929, MODOC COUNTY, IN 25TH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND MINING, P. 14-16.AVERILL, C.V., 1936, MINERAL RESOURCES OF MODOC COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 32, NO. 4, P. 453-454.HILL, J.M., 1915, SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN NORTHEASTERN CALIFORNIA AND NORTHWESTERN NEVADA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 594, P. 48-51.TUCKER, W.B., 1919, MODOC COUNTY, IN 15TH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 251-252.CLARK, W.B., 1970, GOLD DISTRICTS OF CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 193, P. 177.CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, 1987, MINES AND MINERAL PRODUCERS ACTIVE IN CALIFORNIA DURING 1986: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY SPECIAL PUBLICATION 93, P. 57.AVERILL ( 1929 )