The San Luis Obispo Nickel is a mine located in San Luis Obispo 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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San Luis Obispo Nickel MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: San Luis Obispo Nickel
Commodity
Tertiary: Nickel
Location
State: California
County: San Luis Obispo
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: U.S. Government, Under Jurisdiction Of Camp San Luis Obispo Military Reservation
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: California Coast Ranges
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Gabbro
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Gabbro
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SHALLOW GRAB SAMPLES ASSAYED BETWEEN 0.40 AND 0.70 PERCENT NICKEL
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: AREA IS UNDERLAIN BY ELONGATED BODY OF ULTRAMAFIC ROCKS THAT IS INTRUSIVE INTO VARIOUS SEDIMENTARY UNITS OF FRANCISCAN FORMATION. ULTRAMAFIC BODY IS MAINLY COMPOSED OF PERIDOTITE AND PYROXENITE, AND CONTAINS MASSES OF GABBRO AND NARITE, OF WHICH FORMER ARE LOCALLY SERPENTINIZED. ATOP ULTRAMAFIC MASS, ABOVE 2400 FT. CONTOUR IS MANTLE OF NICKEL-BEARING, ROCKY REDDISH-BROWN LATERITE THAT IS QUITE THIN, PROBABLY AT MOST A FEW FT. DEEP.
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: NICKELIFEROUS LATERITE NOTED IN MIDDLE 1950'S
Comment (Deposit): CONSIDERABLE CHROMITE MINED IN THE AREA
References
Reference (Deposit): BRIGHT, J.H., 1974 ( 1958 ), PRIVATE COMMUNICATION.
Reference (Deposit): FAIRBANKS, H.W., 1904 , SAN LUIS FOLIO: U.S.G.S. GEOLOGICAL ATLAS OF U.S. FOLIO 101 , P. 6
Reference (Deposit): CHESTERMAN, C.W., 1976 , WRITTEN COMMUNICATION
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