Hobby Posted November 21, 2010 Report Share Posted November 21, 2010 Any one had any luck nuggett shooting around that area..This is in Northern C.A ..Thank's for any info .....Hobby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digger Bob Posted November 22, 2010 Report Share Posted November 22, 2010 Any one had any luck nuggett shooting around that area..This is in Northern C.A ..Thank's for any info .....HobbyNope. For the most part, the Modoc area is out of the gold fields. For the Eastern part of the state going northward, the gold ends at Butte Creek by Chico. Once you get to Redding, it changes over to the western part of the state, all the way north into Oregon and beyond.Digger Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave wiseman Posted November 22, 2010 Report Share Posted November 22, 2010 http://www.google.com/search?source=ig&hl=en&rlz=&q=Modoc+county+gold&btnG=Google+Search&aq=f&oq= Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nvradar Posted November 23, 2010 Report Share Posted November 23, 2010 I have herd a couple stories of an indian who would go into the Warners and come out with gold nuggets to buy his goods with. Don't know much more than that. It was in the late 1800s I believe. NVRADAR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobby Posted November 23, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 23, 2010 Nope. For the most part, the Modoc area is out of the gold fields. For the Eastern part of the state going northward, the gold ends at Butte Creek by Chico. Once you get to Redding, it changes over to the western part of the state, all the way north into Oregon and beyond.Digger Bobyea, I have not heard much about the Modoc forest and it cover's a big area.But I have sean a pic of a big nugget found just the other side of the C.A border in Oregon toward the coast.I'd say it was about 10-12 year's ago when I stoped in at D-K detector in Portland.It was found with a VLF and I think $20,000 was the estament on the big nugget.Heard of other nugget's and saw some nice raw copper from there also........Ive heard that story about the Indian prospector too..HH Hobby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave wiseman Posted November 23, 2010 Report Share Posted November 23, 2010 The thing about a light gold producing county such as Modoc is..that over the past 20 years it's likely to have also been lighty prospected,Don't have a clue as to how much BLM land there is ..private access may be difficult with all the big ranches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reno Chris Posted November 26, 2010 Report Share Posted November 26, 2010 Most of the Modoc area consists of rocks that are unfavorable to forming gold deposits. For the most part these barren rocks are recent (geologically speaking) basalts. Yep Modoc been prospected very little for nuggets. But neither has Kansas or Nebraska. They are not very favorable either. Most times prospecting barren and unfavorable areas is a total waste of time. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave wiseman Posted November 27, 2010 Report Share Posted November 27, 2010 Don't believe the fellow is trying to get rich,open up a new mining district or such.If he's an experienced beeper and can get access to the known gold areas..likely he'll do better than the average Arizona fellow does at,say,Rich Hill or San Domingo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reno Chris Posted November 27, 2010 Report Share Posted November 27, 2010 I dont know Dave - the only two gold districts in Modoc yielded only tiny sized free gold - no placer, and nothing that could be found with a metal detector. One of them, Haden Hill, was heap leached in the 1980s. Although these are places with some gold, and I cant guarantee that there are no pieces large enough to see with a detector, I'd expect the chances of finding anything to be very, very low. The geology of the deposits is more closely allied with the gold-silver hard rock districts of Nevada, and not at all like the California mother lode or Arizona.This is from a report I have:The only sources of commercial amounts of goldin the Modoc Plateau province of northeastern Californiahave been the Hayden Hill district in north-centralLassen County and the Winters district in southwestModoc County. In both districts the gold-bearing veinsoccur in volcanic rocks of Tertiary age. The minesat Hayden Hill have yielded several million dollarsworth of gold, but the Winters district has been thesource of less than $200,000. A few small gold prospectsoccur elsewere in this region.Hayden HillLocation. The Hayden Hill district is in northwesternLassen County about 20 miles southeast ofBieber and 65 miles north of Susanville. It is the onlyimportant gold-mining district in the Modoc Plateaugeomorphic province.History. Gold-bearing veins were discovered herein 1869 by J. W. Hayden and S. Lewis. The camp,established in 1871, was originally known as ProvidenceCity, renamed Hayden Hill in 1878. A rush tothe district lasted until 1883. There was considerableactivity again from 1903 to 1910, when the GoldenEagle mine was worked on a large scale. During the1930s the Hayden Hill corporation operated severalproperties on a moderate scale, and there has beenintermittent prospecting since. The district has a totaloutput valued at about $3 million.Geology. The district is underlain predominantlyby nearly flat-lying well-bedded rhyolite tuffs of Tertiaryage, some silicified and brecciated. Patches ofPliocene basalt lie to the east, and extensive beds ofMiocene pyroclastic rocks lie to the west and north.Ore Deposits. Several steeply-dipping veins andstringer zones range from one to 25 feet in thickness.These deposits consist chiefly of consolidated and cementedbreccia of wall rock; only a small amount ofquartz is present. The gold occurs in the free state inusually small round particles and is commonly associatedwith manganese. Appreciable silver is present butpractically no sulfides. Nearly all of the ore has beenrecovered from above the 800-foot depth.Mines. Brush Hill $400,000, Blue Bell $100,000,Evening Star $200,000, Golden Eagle $1,025,000, HaydenGouge, Hayseed $150,000, Juniper $600,000,North Star $20,000, Providence $78,000.WintersLocation and History. This district is in southwesternModoc County 35 miles west-southwest ofAlturas and 16 miles north of Adin. The area wasfirst prospected for gold in 1890. The vein at theLost Cabin mine was discovered in 1904. Mining activitycontinued for a few years after that date, andthere was prospecting here in the 1930s.Geology. The district is underlain by andesite,andesite porphyry, and basalt of Tertiary age. Thereare several west- and northwest-striking veins thatcontain fine free gold, quartz, brecciated wall rock,calcite, and feldspar. The deposits are shallow, noneof the veins having been developed to a depth ofgreater than 300 feet.Mines. Dixie Queen, Lost Cabin (Hess) $150,000,Modoc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave wiseman Posted November 27, 2010 Report Share Posted November 27, 2010 Yeah Chris seems like your spot on..one would have to spend all summer up there for a chance of some quartz gold species. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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