Latitude: 41°21'28"N
Longitude: 120°55'59"W
A former lode Au mine located 1.6 km (5,400 feet) WSW of Schaffer Mountain (coordinates of record).
Mineralization is a vein deposit (Deposit Model: 151: Epithermal vein, Sado), hosted in andesite.
Local structures include a fault at the 200 foot level in the mine which displaces the vein to the S with a strike of N15W and a dip to the E.
Related tectonic structures include the Modoc Plateau.
Production data are found in: Averill (1929).
References
Hill, James Madison (1915), Some mining districts in northeastern California and northwestern Nevada: USGS Bulletin 594, 200 pp.: 48-51.
Tucker, W. Burling (1919), Modoc County: California Journal of Mines and Geology, California Mining Bureau. (Report 15): 251-252.
Averill, Charles V. (1929), Redding field division, Modoc County: California Journal of Mines and Geology, California Division Mines (Report 25): 25(4): 14-16.
Averill, Charles V. (1936), Mineral resources of Modoc County: California Journal of Mines and Geology, California Division Mines (Report 32): 32(4): 453-454.
Clark, Wm. B. (1970a) Gold districts of California: California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 193: 177.
California Division of Mines and Geology (1987), Mines & Mineral Producers Active in California during 1986: California Division of Mines and Geology Special Publication 93: 57.
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