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Nevada · Lander County

Modoc Mine

Mindat Confirmed Gold Underground 3 mapped shafts

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Key facts

State
Nevada
County
Lander
Development status
Past Producer
Mine type
Underground
Primary commodity
Gold
Verification
Mindat Confirmed

Also known as

  • Modoc Group

Mine Location

Approximate Area

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Documented underground workings

Mindat locality description

Se 24 T31N R42E. Copper Gold Silver Structure: N-Trending Faults Deposit: Discovered about 1925 by h. Broyle who worked it for several years. In 1930, w. Hertfelder bought it & then sold it to c. Crawford. Workings consist of a 75-ft. Shaft with 2 dr…

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Additional documented workings

  • Shaft — documented in 4 source records.
    USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features · Mindat

Historical mapped workings

USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.

  • 3 shaft symbols
  • Shaft : Antler Peak , 1984
  • Shaft : Antler Peak , 1984
  • Shaft : Antler Peak , 1984
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Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.

  • Shaft
    Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Mine Shaft). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field.
  • Shaft
    Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Mine Shaft). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field.
  • Shaft
    Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Mine Shaft). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field.
  • Shaft
    Documented in Mindat locality data. Evidence: years. In 1930, w. Hertfelder bought it & then sold it to c. Crawford. Workings consist of a 75-ft. Shaft with 2 dr... Historical con…
  • Derived from MRDS oper_type (existing operation): Underground
  • MRDS oper_type documents existing underground operation (dev_stat=Past Producer): Underground · oper_type

Verification

Mindat Confirmed

Mindat locality corroborates underground workings.

Why confirmed?

Mindat locality corroborates underground workings.

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Why it's listed

USGS source data documents underground workings for this record.

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History & operations

Historical record

  • Development status: Past Producer

Commodities & minerals

Reported minerals

  • commodity:Copper
  • commodity:Gold
  • commodity:Lead
  • commodity:Manganese
  • commodity:Molybdenum
  • commodity:Silver
  • Pyrite
  • Quartz-monzonite

Access & recent conditions

Land
unknown

Community reports

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Sources & evidence

USGS Mineral Resources Data System

Type: Historical mine record

Supports:

  • mine identity
  • development status
  • commodities
  • underground eligibility evidence

USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features

Type: Historical mapped physical features

Dataset: DOI 10.5066/P9TAALR6

Supports:

  • mapped shaft symbols (3)

Historical mapped features may no longer exist.

Dataset information

Mindat

Type: Mineralogical locality database

Record: Mindat Locality: 60271

Supports:

  • locality identity
  • reported minerals (8)
  • underground workings

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