Mine detail: Modoc No 6

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Location

Lat / long:

40.96323, -116.89705

Resource(M)

Primary:	Tin
Ore:	Cassiterite
Gangue:	Chalcedony, Opal, Quartz, Sanidine, Tridymite
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1914

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host type:	Rhyolite
Alteration processes:	The Tin-Bearing Belt Is Marked By Red-Stained Or Bleached Silicitied Rhyolite.

References

MRDS	M232453
DEP	10044839
Reference	{Deposit:: STAGER H. K. (1977) GEOLOGY & MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LANDER CO., NEV., N.B.M. BULL 88}{Deposit:: VANDERBERG W. O. (1939) RECON OF MINING DISTRICTS IN LANDER CO. NEV, USBM 1.C 7043}{Deposit:: FRIES C. (1941) TIN DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN LANDER CO. NEV., USGS BULL 931-C}
Reporter	Kirkham, Richard A.