Mines in Modoc County, California

Modoc County, California has 298 mine and mineral deposit locations documented in federal records from the USGS and MSHA. 33 of these are currently active mining operations. The most commonly recorded commodity is gold, with 123 sites. The table below lists all recorded mines in the county with links to individual site details.

All Mines in Modoc County

Mine	Commodity	Type	Status	Source
Fitch Road Pit	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Active	MSHA
Glass Mountain Pumice	Pumice	Surface	Active	MSHA
Boorman Pumice Products Company	Pumice		Producer	MRDS
Boorman Pumice Products Company	Pumice	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Bushey Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Canby Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Cinder Pit	Pumice	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Cottonwood Creek Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Dorris Reservoir Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Eagle Creek Sand and Gravel	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Elzie Bagley	Calcium		Producer	MRDS
Fitch Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Fitch Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Goodwin Sand and Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Great Northern Railroad Deposit	Pumice	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Griffith:s Royal Purple Obsidian	Gemstone	Underground	Producer	MRDS
Horse Mountain Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Jeffery & Associates	Peat		Producer	MRDS
Jeffery & Associates	Peat		Producer	MRDS
Jeffrey	Peat		Producer	MRDS
Jeffrey ?	Peat		Producer	MRDS
Klondike Group	Gold		Producer	MRDS
Monchamp Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Morgan Ranch Ptt	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Moyer Gravel Co.	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Producer	MRDS
Moyer Gravel Co.	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Pleasant Mining Co	Gold		Producer	MRDS
Rice Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Richardson Cinder Pit	Pumice	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Shaw Ranch Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Sweeney Prospect	Copper, Gold, Silver		Producer	MRDS
Tionesta Aggregate	Pumice	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Topaz	Gold		Producer	MRDS
Alaska Bell	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Alaska Bell Claim	Gold		Occurrence	MRDS
Bad Bill	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Bad Bill Claim	Gold		Occurrence	MRDS
Bagley Mine	Calcium	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Blue Bell Group	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Blue Bell Group	Gold	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Borrow Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken		Occurrence	MRDS
Borrow Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken		Occurrence	MRDS
Borrow Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Unknown	MRDS
Borrow Pit	Stone	Surface	Unknown	MRDS
Borrow Pit	Stone	Surface	Unknown	MRDS
Borrow Pit	Stone	Surface	Unknown	MRDS
Borrow Pit	Stone	Surface	Unknown	MRDS
Borrow Pit	Stone	Surface	Unknown	MRDS
Borrow Pit	Stone	Surface	Unknown	MRDS
Borrow Pit	Stone	Surface	Unknown	MRDS
Borrow Pit	Stone	Surface	Unknown	MRDS
Borrow Pit	Stone	Surface	Unknown	MRDS
Borrow Pit	Stone	Surface	Unknown	MRDS
Borrow Pit	Stone	Surface	Unknown	MRDS
Borrow Pit	Stone	Surface	Unknown	MRDS
Borrow Pit	Stone	Surface	Unknown	MRDS
Borrow Pit	Stone	Surface	Unknown	MRDS
Borrow Pit	Stone	Surface	Unknown	MRDS
Borrow Pit	Stone	Surface	Unknown	MRDS
Borrow Pit	Stone	Surface	Unknown	MRDS
Borrow Pit	Stone	Surface	Unknown	MRDS
Borrow Pit	Stone	Surface	Unknown	MRDS
Borrow Pit	Stone	Surface	Unknown	MRDS
Borrow Pits	Stone, Crushed/Broken		Occurrence	MRDS
Borrow Pits	Stone, Crushed/Broken		Occurrence	MRDS
Brown Prospect	Mercury		Occurrence	MRDS
Brown Prospect	Mercury	Surface-Underground	Unknown	MRDS
California Bell	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
California Bell Claim	Gold		Occurrence	MRDS
Captain	Gold		Occurrence	MRDS
Cedarville Hot Springs	Mercury		Prospect	MRDS
Cinder Pit	Stone		Occurrence	MRDS
Cinder Pit	Stone		Occurrence	MRDS
Cinder Pit	Stone		Occurrence	MRDS
Cinder Pit	Pumice	Surface	Unknown	MRDS
Cinder Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Unknown	MRDS
Cinder Pit	Pumice	Surface	Unknown	MRDS
Cinder Pit	Pumice	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Cinder Pits	Stone		Occurrence	MRDS
Cliff	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Cliff Claim	Gold		Occurrence	MRDS
Comstock	Gold		Occurrence	MRDS
Comstock and Sea Lion	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Comstock and Sea Lion Claims	Gold		Occurrence	MRDS
Craig Property	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Craig Property	Gold	Underground	Unknown	MRDS
Crown Point	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Crown Point Claim	Gold		Occurrence	MRDS
Dandy Claim	Gold		Occurrence	MRDS
Deep Creek Prospect	Mercury		Occurrence	MRDS
Discovery Claim	Gold, Copper		Past Producer	MRDS
Discovery Claim	Gold	Surface-Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Dixie Queen	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Dixie Queen	Gold	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Dixie Queen Mines	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Dixie Queen Mines	Gold	Surface-Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Eagle Creek Placer	Gold	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Echo Mountain	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Elzie Bagley	Calcium	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Emerald Claim	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Emerald Claim	Gold		Occurrence	MRDS
Eugene Mine	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Eugene Mine	Gold	Surface-Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Evening Star Claim	Perlite		Occurrence	MRDS
Evening Star Claim	Perlite	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Fern Mine	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Fern Mine	Gold	Surface-Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Fort Bidwell Consolidated Mines	Gold	Underground	Unknown	MRDS
Friday Morning	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Friday Morning Claim	Gold		Occurrence	MRDS
Ft. Bidwell Consolidated Mines	Gold, Copper		Past Producer	MRDS
Gold Peak and Klondike	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Gold Peak and Klondike Mines	Gold	Underground	Unknown	MRDS
Gold Shore Lode	Gold	Underground	Unknown	MRDS
Goodwin Sand & Gravel	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Granger Claim Group	Gold		Occurrence	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Unknown	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Unknown	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Unknown	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Unknown	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Unknown	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Unknown	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Unknown	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Unknown	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Unknown	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Unknown	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Unknown	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Unknown	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Unknown	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Unknown	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Unknown	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Unknown	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Unknown	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Unknown	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Unknown	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Unknown	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Unknown	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Unknown	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Unknown	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Unknown	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Unknown	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Unknown	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Unknown	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Unknown	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Unknown	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Unknown	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Unknown	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Unknown	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Unknown	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Unknown	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Unknown	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Unknown	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Unknown	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Unknown	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Unknown	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Unknown	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Unknown	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Unknown	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Unknown	MRDS
Gravel Pits	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Gravel Pits	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Unknown	MRDS
Great Northern Railroad Deposit	Stone		Occurrence	MRDS
Griffith's Royal Purple Obsidian Mines.	Gemstone, Stone		Occurrence	MRDS
Happy Thought	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Happy Thought Claim	Gold		Occurrence	MRDS
High Grade	Gold	Underground	Unknown	MRDS
Hildebrand	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Hildebrand Claim	Gold		Occurrence	MRDS
Hindle Pit	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Huckleberry & Huckleberry No 1 Clms	Gold		Occurrence	MRDS
Huckleberry & Huckleberry No. 1	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Independence Claim	Gold		Occurrence	MRDS
Jasper/agate Placer Group	Gold		Occurrence	MRDS
Joiner Portable #2	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Josephine	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Josephine	Gold		Occurrence	MRDS
Jumbo	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Jumbo Claim	Gold		Prospect	MRDS
Kelley Hot Spring	Geothermal	Well	Unknown	MRDS
Klondike Group	Gold	Underground	Occurrence	MRDS
Larranaga Pit	Crushed, Broken Stone NEC	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Last Dollar	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Last Dollar Mine	Gold	Underground	Unknown	MRDS
Leland Claim	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Leland Claim	Gold		Occurrence	MRDS
Lily Bell	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Lily Bell	Gold		Occurrence	MRDS
Lonaconing Claim	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Lonaconing Claim	Gold		Occurrence	MRDS
Lost Cabin	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Lost Cabin Mine	Gold	Surface-Underground	Plant	MRDS
Mammoth	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Mammoth Claim	Gold		Occurrence	MRDS
Mercury Occurrence	Mercury		Unknown	MRDS
Mineral Springs	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Mineral Springs Claim	Gold		Occurrence	MRDS
Mispah	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Mispah Claims	Gold		Occurrence	MRDS
Modoc Independence	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Modoc Independence Claim	Gold		Occurrence	MRDS
Modoc Mine	Gold	Underground	Occurrence	MRDS
Modoc-Mammoth	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Modoc-Mammoth Mines	Gold		Prospect	MRDS
Monarch	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Monarch Claim	Gold		Occurrence	MRDS
Moon Light Group	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Moonlight	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Moonlight	Gold	Underground	Occurrence	MRDS
Morning Star Mine	Gold	Underground	Unknown	MRDS
Morning Star Mine	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Mountain Summit and Quartzite Mines	Gold	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Mountain Summit and Quarzite	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Northern Star	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Northern Star Mine	Gold	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
One-Hundred Claims	Gold		Occurrence	MRDS
Peacemaker	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Peacemaker Claim	Gold		Prospect	MRDS
Pink Rose	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Pink Rose Claim	Gold		Occurrence	MRDS
Pleasant Mining Company	Gold	Underground	Unknown	MRDS
Portable	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Portable Crusher	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Printer Boy	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Printer Boy Claim	Gold		Occurrence	MRDS
Quarries	Stone, Crushed/Broken		Occurrence	MRDS
Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken		Occurrence	MRDS
Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken		Occurrence	MRDS
Quarry	Stone	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Quarry	Stone	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Raino Claim	Pumice		Occurrence	MRDS
Raino Claim	Pumice	Surface	Unknown	MRDS
Red Hawk Mine	Mercury		Occurrence	MRDS
Red Hawk Mine	Mercury	Surface-Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Red Horse	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Red Horse Claim	Gold		Occurrence	MRDS
Red Quartz	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Red Quartz Claim	Gold		Occurrence	MRDS
Section 7 Quarry	Stone, Dimension	Surface	Unknown	MRDS
Seitz	Copper		Past Producer	MRDS
Seitz Mine	Copper	Surface-Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Shasta View	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Shasta View Mine	Gold	Surface	Unknown	MRDS
Shaw Pit	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Silvertown Group	Mercury		Occurrence	MRDS
Silvertown Group	Mercury	Surface	Unknown	MRDS
Spearmint	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Spearmint Claim	Gold		Occurrence	MRDS
Stonewall	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Stonewall Claim	Gold		Occurrence	MRDS
Sugar Pine Mine	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Sunshine High Grade Gold Mines	Gold	Surface-Underground	Unknown	MRDS
Surprise Valley	Geothermal	Well	Unknown	MRDS
Sweeney Prospect	Gold, Silver		Occurrence	MRDS
Sweeney Prospect	Gold	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Tamarack	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Tamarack Mine	Gold	Surface-Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Topaz Claim	Gold		Occurrence	MRDS
Two Jacks	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Two Jacks Claim	Gold		Occurrence	MRDS
Uncle Joe	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Uncle Joe Claim	Gold		Occurrence	MRDS
Unknown	Mercury		Occurrence	MRDS
Unknown	Mercury		Occurrence	MRDS
Unknown	Stone		Occurrence	MRDS
Unknown	Mercury		Occurrence	MRDS
Unknown	Stone		Occurrence	MRDS
Unknown	Gold		Occurrence	MRDS
Unknown	Gold		Occurrence	MRDS
Unknown	Mercury		Occurrence	MRDS
Unknown	Mercury		Occurrence	MRDS
Unknown	Stone		Occurrence	MRDS
Unknown	Stone		Occurrence	MRDS
Unknown	Mercury		Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Location	Gemstone		Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Location	Stone	Surface	Unknown	MRDS
Unnamed Location	Mercury		Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Location	Gold		Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Location	Mercury		Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Location	Mercury		Prospect	MRDS
Unnamed Location	Mercury	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Unnamed Location	Stone	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Location	Mercury		Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Location	Stone	Surface	Unknown	MRDS
Unnamed Pumicite			Occurrence	MRDS
Volcolite Association Placer Claim	Pumice		Occurrence	MRDS
Volcolite Association Placer Claims	Pumice	Surface	Unknown	MRDS
W. E. Minard	Stone		Occurrence	MRDS
Weisman Pumicite Deposit	Pumice	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Weisman Pumicite Deposit Foster	Pumice		Occurrence	MRDS
White Ribbon	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
White Ribbon Claim	Gold		Occurrence	MRDS
Williams Prospect	Gold, Silver		Past Producer	MRDS
Williams Prospect	Gold	Underground	Occurrence	MRDS
Yukon # 2	Gold		Occurrence	MRDS
Yukon No. 1, No. 2, No. 3	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS