The Preston Peak is a chromium, rhodium, palladium, platinum, and nickel mine located in Siskiyou county, California at an elevation of 5,531 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 5,531 Feet (1,686 Meters)
Commodity: Chromium, Rhodium, Palladium, Platinum, Nickel
Lat, Long: 41.82417, -123.62056
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Preston Peak MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Preston Peak
Commodity
Primary: Chromium
Primary: Rhodium
Primary: Palladium
Primary: Platinum
Primary: Nickel
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: California
County: Siskiyou
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Unknown
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: Klamath Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: DISSEMINATED
Structure
Type: L
Description: Bear Mtn Pluton Shear Zone.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Metasomatism Of The Mafic And Ultramafic Rocks During Tectonic Emplacement Of The Ophiolite
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: RH= 0.005, 0.005, 0.005, 0.005. ALL NUMBERS ARE PPM, DATA FROM SNOKE
Analytical Data: PD= 0.011, 0.014, TRACE, TRACE-0.10
Analytical Data: COMPOSITIONS OF 2 JACKSTRAW TEXTURED TALC-OLIVINE ROCKS, TECTONITIC PERIDOTITE, BURRO MOUNTAIN HARZBURGITE PT= 0.009, 0.010, 0.006, TRACE-0.005
Materials
Ore: Pentlandite
Ore: Chromite
Gangue: Magnesite
Gangue: Tremolite
Unknown: Talc
Comments
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED. IN KLAMATH NATIONAL FOREST
Comment (Deposit): POSSIBLE ACOHE-TYPE DEPOSIT OR ALASKAN TYPE
Comment (Workings): NO WORKINGS
Comment (Geology): TECTONITIC ALPINE-TYPE ULTRAMAFICS
References
Reference (Deposit): SNOKE, A.W. AND CALK, L.C., 1978, JACKSTRAW-TEXTURED TALC-OLIVINE ROCKS, PRESTON PEAK AREA, KLAMATH MOUNTAINS, CALIFORNIA: GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA BULLETIN, V. 89, NO. 2, P. 223-230
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