Clipper Mills

The Clipper Mills is a mine located in Butte county, California at an elevation of 1,030 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Clipper Mills

Commodity

Tertiary: Nickel

Location

State: California
County: Butte
District: Woodleaf Area

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Open Land Subject To Jurisdiction Of U.S. Forest Service And Ownership By Local Residents

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: 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 Jurassic

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: SURFACE SAMPLE CONTAINED 0.17 PERCENT NI

Materials

Gangue: Actinolite
Gangue: Talc
Gangue: Chlorite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: MIDDLE 1950'S

Comment (Location): UTM APPROX. LOC.

Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: LATERITIC RESIDUAL SOIL OCCURS ON N.E. TRENDING RIDGE UNDERLAIN BY SEVERAL N.W. TRENDING BELTS OF SERPENTINITE, AMPHIBOLITE (METAVOLCANIC ROCK) AND SEDIMENTARY UNITS OF CARBONIFEROUS CALAVERAS FORMATION. AMPHIBOLITE INCLUDES HORNBLENDE SCHIST, METADIORITE, META-ANDESITE, AND METAPYROXENITE, ALL OF WHICH SHOW SOME DEGREE OF SCHISTOSITY AND FOLIATION. SERPENTINITE, PROBABLY DERIVED FROM PERIDOTITE AND PYROXENITE, CONTAINS TALC AND MINOR CHLORITE AND ACTINOLITE. CALAVERAS FORMATION HERE HAS METAMORPHOSED TO SLATE, QUARTZITE AND MARBLE. 80 ACRES OF RESIDUAL LTERITIC SOIL WAS DERIVED MAINLY FROM SERPENTINITE, RANGING RED TO TAN IN COLOR. THICKNESS UNKNOWN

References

Reference (Deposit): BRIGHT, J. H., 1974 , ( 1958 ), PRIVATE COMMUNICATION.

Reference (Deposit): TURNER, H. W., 1898 , BIDWELL BAR FOLIO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOOGICAL ATLAS OF U.S., FOLIO 43 , 12 P.

Reference (Deposit): CHESTERMAN, C.W., 1976 , WRITTEN COMMUNICATION.

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