The Pine Flat is a mine located in Del Norte county, California at an elevation of 2,451 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: 2,451 Feet (747 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 41.98972, -123.98528
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Pine Flat MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Pine Flat
Commodity
Tertiary: Nickel
Location
State: California
County: Del Norte
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Rare Metals Corp.
Home Office: Salt Lake City, Ut.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1952
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
Analytical Data: ASSAYS AVERAGE 0.79 PERCENT NICKEL
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: EARLY 1950'S
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: AREA IS UNDERLAIN BY PERIDOTITE, WHICH CONTAINS LOCAL SMALL BODIES OF CHROMITE-BEARING DUNITE. PERIDOTITE IS JOINTED AND LOCALLY ALTERED TO SERPENTINITE. LATERITE MANTLE IS DEEP REDDISH BROWN IN COLOR, AND IS MORE THAN 50 FT. DEEP, AS HOLES DUG TO THAT DEPTH DID NOT BOTTOM IN PERIDOTITE. TOP 5 TO 10 FT. OF LATERITE CONTAINS FROM 0.30 TO 1.50 PERCENT NICKEL, AVERAGING ABOUT 0.79 PERCENT. ASSAYS OF SAMPLES TAKEN AS DEEP AS 50 FT. AVERAGED 0.60 PERCENT NICKEL.
References
Reference (Deposit): BENSON, W. T., 1963 , PINE FLAT AND DIAMOND FLAT NICKEL-BEARING LATERITE DEPOSITS, DEL NORTE COUNTY, CALIF: U.S.B.M. REPT. INV. 6206
Reference (Deposit): BRIGHT, J.H. 1974 ( 1958 ), PRIVATE COMMUNICATION.
Reference (Deposit): CATER, FRED W. JR., AND WELLS, FRANCIS G., 1953 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF GASQUET QUAD; CALIF. ORE: U.S.G.S. BULL. 995-C
Reference (Deposit): 5) CHESTERMAN, C.W., 1976 , WRITTEN COMMUNICATION
Reference (Deposit): WELLS, F.G., CATER, F.W. JR., AND RYHEARSON, G.A., 1946 , CHROMITE DEPOSITS OF DEL NORTE COUNTY, CALIF: CALIF. D.O.M. BULL 134 , PT. 1 , CH. 1 .
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