The High Divide Area is a mine located in Del Norte county, California.
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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
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High Divide Area MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: High Divide Area
Commodity
Tertiary: Nickel
Location
State: California
County: Del Norte
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1955
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: Klamath Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Peridotite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Commodity): FIELD TESTS INDICATE PRESENCE OF NICKEL, NO SAMPLES TAKEN.
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: MID 1950'S, NICKEL-BEARING LATERITE DISCOVERED
Comment (Deposit): BOTH CHROMITE AND COPPER HAVE BEEN PRODUCED FROM NUMEROUS MINE WORKINGS IN SERPENTINIZED PERIDOTITE
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: AREA UNDERLAIN BY PERIDOTITE, LOCALLY ALTERED TO SERPENTINITE. CHROMITE OCCURS PRINCIPALLY IN DUNITE AND THE COPPER MINERALIZATION IN SERPENTINITE. LATERITE MANTLE IS SAID TO BE ROCKY, AND PROBABLY AVERAGES LESS THAN 5 FT. IN DEPTH, ALTHOUGH SOME GREATER LOCAL DEPTH IS INDICATED. ABOUT 200 ACRES OF NICKEL-BEARING LATERITIC SOIL IS PRESENT.
References
Reference (Deposit): CHESTERMAN, C.W., 1976 , WRITTEN COMMUNICATION.
Reference (Deposit): BRIGHT, J.H., 1974 ( 1958 ), PRIVATE COMMUNICATION
Reference (Deposit): WELLS, FRANCIS G., CATER, FRED W. JR., AND RYNEARSON, GARN A, 1946 , CHROMITE DEPOSITS OF DEL NORTE COUNTY, CALIF: CALIF. D.O.M. BULL. 134 , PT. 1 , CH. 1 , 76 P.
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