The Stone Corral Lookout is a mine located in Del Norte county, California.
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Mine Info
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Stone Corral Lookout MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Stone Corral Lookout
Commodity
Tertiary: Nickel
Location
State: California
County: Del Norte
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Owned In Part By Chromite Claim Holders, Of Which Copper Creek Claim, In Sec. 26 , T 18 N, R 1 E, Is
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
Analytical Data: ONE SAMPLE ASSAYED 0.60 PERCENT NICKEL
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): UTM APPROX. LOC.
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: MIDDLE 1950'S
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: AREA IS UNDERLAIN BY PERIDOTITE, WHICH IS CONSIDERABLY SHEARED AND LOCALLY ALTERED TO SERPENTINITE. ALL CHROMITE ORE BODIES LIE WITHIN SHEARED PERIDOTITE. LATERITE MANTLE LYING UPON THE PERIDOTITE IS ROCKY AND AT NO PLACE DOES IT SUPPORT STANDS OF RELATIVELY TALL TREES. BEST GRADE OF LATERITE ( 0.60 PERCENT NICKEL ) OCCURS AS NARROW 100 FT. BELT ALONG WILMER ROAD, WHICH FOLLOWS RIDGE CREST AND PART OF OLD KLAMATH PENEPLANE. LATERITE IN BELT AVERAGES 5 FT. IN DEPTH. BELOW RIDGE CREST, ON E. SIDE, OCCURS ABOUT 200 ACRES OF ROCKY LATERITE, PERHAPS LESS THAN 3 FT. IN DEPTH, WHOSE GRADE IN NICKEL IS NOT KNOWN.
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, G.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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