Mine detail: Lost Cabin

Previously called 'Hess'

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Location

Lat / long: 41.35764, -120.93412

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Calcite, Quartz
Orebody form: VEIN
Discovery year: 1904

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
Production years: - 1929

Geology

Host type:Andesite
Structure:Fault At 200 Ft Level In Mine, Displaces Vein To South With Strike N 15 W And Dip To E
Tectonic:Modoc Plateau

References

MRDSM010123
DEP10102929
Reference{Deposit:: AVERILL, C.V., 1929, MODOC COUNTY, IN 25TH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND MINING, P. 14-16.}{Deposit:: AVERILL, C.V., 1936, MINERAL RESOURCES OF MODOC COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 32, NO. 4, P. 453-454.}{Deposit:: HILL, J.M., 1915, SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN NORTHEASTERN CALIFORNIA AND NORTHWESTERN NEVADA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 594, P. 48-51.}{Deposit:: TUCKER, W.B., 1919, MODOC COUNTY, IN 15TH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 251-252.}{Deposit:: CLARK, W.B., 1970, GOLD DISTRICTS OF CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 193, P. 177.}{Deposit:: 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.}{Production:: AVERILL ( 1929 )}
ReporterMateik, R. (Albers, J.), Peterson, Jocelyn A.