Mine detail: Modock Mine

Previously called 'Tip Top 1954'

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Location

Lat / long: 44.33893, -116.90289

Resource(B)

Primary: Gold, Stone, Crushed/Broken
Ore: Sandstone
Gangue: Quartz
Orebody form: IRREGULAR BANDS AND SEAMS
Discovery year: 1911

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Sedimentary
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1911

Geology

Host rock:Payette Formation-Sandstone, Shale
Host type:Sandstone,Andesite
Associated rock:Andesite And Andesite Breccia
Associated type:Andesite
Structure:Snake River Downwarp; Broad Syncline
Alteration processes:Silicification

References

MRDSW012997
MAS160870047
DEP10105599
Reference{Deposit:: BELL, R. N., 1912, 13TH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR THE YEAR 1911, P. 132 - 133.}{Deposit:: ROSS, C. P., 1956 , QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS NEAR WEISER, WASHINGTON COUNTY, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 1042-D, P. 79 - 104 .}{Deposit:: 1912 COMPILE 13TH ANN. REPT. OF MINING INDUSTRY FOR 1911}{Deposit:: 1941 RECON C. P. ROSS AND C. H. DANE, BULL. 1042-D}
ReporterNakai, Terry L.; Miller, Pat