The Ventura Mine is a mine located in Ventura county, California at an elevation of 1,460 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: 1,460 Feet (445 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 34.1975, -118.79139
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Ventura Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ventura Mine
Commodity
Tertiary: Nickel
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: California
County: Ventura
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Fee Land, Said To Be Owned By Prudential Life Insurance Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1932
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: Los Angeles Ranges
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLES RANGE BETWEEN 0.13 AND 1.75 PERCENT NICKEL. DMEA SAMPLES FROM 1940'S RANGED 0.13 TO 0.34 PERCENT NICKEL.
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Millerite
Ore: Pentlandite
Ore: Pyrrhotite
Ore: Cuprite
Ore: Malachite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: PRESENCE OF NICKEL AND COPPER KNOWN PRIOR TO EARLY 1930'S
Comment (Location): LOCATED IN SW 1/4 SECTION 5
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: NICKEL AND COPPER BEARING MINERALS OCCUR IN SHEAR ZONE BETWEEN CRETACEOUS SANDSTONE AND INTRUSIVE TERTIARY BASALT LOW ON S.W. SLOPE OF SIMI PEAK. BASALT OCCURS AS SILL WHOSE EXPANDED LENGTH IS ABOUT 600 FT., ESTIMATED 300 FT. THICK. SILL HAS WESTERLY TREND AND DIPS 20 N., INTO HILLSIDE. MINERALIZATION ZONE SURROUNDS SILL, AND IS AS MUCH AS 500 FT. WIDE, TRACED ALONG STRIKE 800 FT. NICKEL-BEARING MINERALS ARE MILLERITE, PENTLANDITE, PYRRHOTITE, AND ASSOCIATED COPPER MINERALS ARE CHALCOPYRITE, MALACHITE, AZURITE, AND CUPRITE. ORE BODY IS ABOUT 800 FT. LONG, AVERAGES 300 FT. WIDE, AND 300 FT. THICK
References
Reference (Deposit): TROXEL, B.W., 1975 ( 1963 ), PRIVATE COMMUNICATION.
Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W.B. AND SAMPSON, R.J., 1932 , VENTURA COUNTY IN MINING IN CALIF: CALIF. D.O.M. REPT. 28 , PP. 247 - 277
Reference (Deposit): CHESTERMAN, C.W., 1976 , WRITTEN COMMUNICATION.
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