The Sugar Pine is a mine located in Placer county, California.
About the MRDS Data:
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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Sugar Pine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sugar Pine
Commodity
Tertiary: Nickel
Location
State: California
County: Placer
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: U.S. Forest Service (Surface Rights), Capitol Co. (Mineral Rights-A Subsidiary Of Tra
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1945
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Serpentinite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SURFACE SAMPLES ASSAY 0.28 PERCENT NICKEL
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): UTM APPROX. LOC.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: AREA IS UNDERLAIN ENTIRELY BY PERIDOTITE, WHICH HAS BEEN ALTERED TO SERPENTINITE. SERPENTINITE IS MANTLED BY WELL DEVELOPED NICKEL-BEARING RED LATERITIC SOIL. THE ORE BODY HERE IS SAID TO RANGE BETWEEN 500 AND 1000 ACRES, AND IS AS MUCH AS 20 FT. DEEP.
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: SMALL AMOUNT OF CHROMITE MINED IN MIDDLE 1940'S, NICKEL IDENTIFIED IN LATE 1950'S
References
Reference (Deposit): BRIGHT, J.H., 1974 ( 1958 ), PRIVATE COMMUNICATION.
Reference (Deposit): CHESTERMAN, C.W., 1976 , WRITTEN COMMUNICATION
Reference (Deposit): RYNEARSON, GARN A., 1953 , CHROMITE DEPOSITS IN THE N. SIERRA NEVADA, CALIF. (PLACER, NEVADA, SIERRA, YUBA, BUTTE AND PLUMAS COUNTIES): CALIF. D.O.M. BULL. 134 , PT. 111 , CH. 5 , PP. 171 - 323
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