The White Pine Chrome Mine Area is a mine located in Plumas county, California.
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Mine Info
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White Pine Chrome Mine Area MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: White Pine Chrome Mine Area
Commodity
Tertiary: Nickel
Location
State: California
County: Plumas
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: E. R. Patterson And E. V. Spivey
Home Office: Quincy, Ca.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1915
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: Dunite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Dunite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 10 TO 15 FT. CHANNEL SAMPLE ASSAYED 0.42 PERCENT NICKEL.
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: CHROMITE FOUND DURING WWI, AND SEVERAL THOUSAND TONS MINED DURING EARLY 1940'S. NICKEL-LATERITE IDENTIFIED IN LATE 1950'S
Comment (Location): APPROX. 100 ACRES
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: AREA IS UNDERLAIN PRINCIPALLY BY PERIDOTITE THAT HAS BEEN ALTERED LOCALLY TO SERPENTINITE, WHICH CONTAINS LENSES OF CHROMITE-BEARING DUNITE. LYING ON THE SERPENTINITE IS A MANTLE OF NICKEL-BEARING RED LATERITIC SOIL WHICH RANGES UP TO 25 FT. IN DEPTH.
References
Reference (Deposit): BRIGHT, J.H., 1974 ( 1958 ), PRIVATE COMMUNICATION.
Reference (Deposit): BURNETT, JOHN L. AND JENNINGS, CHARLES W., 1962 , GEOLOGIC MAP OF CALIF., OLAF P. JENKINS EDITION: CALIF. D.O.M. AND GEOL., SCALE 1:250,000
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. 285 - 299
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