The Red Mountain, Red Mtn. Meadow, South Red Mtn is a mine located in Del Norte county, California.
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Mine Info
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Red Mountain, Red Mtn. Meadow, South Red Mtn MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Red Mountain, Red Mtn. Meadow, South Red Mtn
Commodity
Tertiary: Nickel
Location
State: California
County: Del Norte
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Elmer Wilson, Et Al.
Home Office: Eureka, Ca..
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: GRAB SAMPLE WITH THIN VEINLETS OF GARNIERITE CONTAINED 3.00 PERCENT NICKEL.
Materials
Ore: Garnierite
Comments
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: AREA IS UNDERLAIN BY PERIDOTITE AND MINOR AMOUNTS OF DUNITE. LOCALLY THESE ULTRAMAFIC ROCKS HAVE BEEN SERPENTINIZED AND HIGH ON THE RIDGE, ESPECIALLY ABOVE THE 4000 FT. CONTOUR IN AN AREA SURROUNDING THE LOOKOUT, OCCURS A LATERITE MANTLE. LATERITE IS REDDISH-BROWN, VERY ROCKY AND PROBABLY NO MORE THAN 3 FT. IN DEPTH. THIN VEINLETS OF GARNIERITE WERE FOUND.
Comment (Location): RIDGE HAS SURFACE OF LOW RELIEF, BUT BELOW 4000 FT. CONTOUR THE SLOPES STEEPEN TO AS MUCH AS 1800 FT. PER MI., UTM APPROX. LOC.
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: EARLY 1950'S
References
Reference (Deposit): BRIGHT, J.H., 1974 ( 1958 ), PRIVATE COMMUNICATION.
Reference (Deposit): IRWIN, WILLIAM P., 1960 , GEOLOGIC RECONNAISSANCE OF THE N. COAST RANGES AND KLAMATH MOUNTAINS, CALIF: CALIF. D.O.M. BULL. 179
Reference (Deposit): CHESTERMAN, C.W., 1976 , WRITTEN COMMUNICATION
Reference (Deposit): WELLS, F.G., CATER, F.W. JR., AND RYNEARSON, G.A., 1946 , CHROMITE DEPOSITS OF DEL NORTE COUNTY, CALIF: CALIF. D.O.M. BULL. 134 , PT. 1 , CH. 1
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