The Rattlesnake Mtn. - Little Rattlesnake Mtn. is a mine located in Del Norte county, California.
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Mine Info
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Rattlesnake Mtn. - Little Rattlesnake Mtn. MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Rattlesnake Mtn. - Little Rattlesnake Mtn.
Commodity
Tertiary: Nickel
Tertiary: Cobalt
Location
State: California
County: Del Norte
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Elmer Wilson, Et Al, Of Eureka, Calif., And Unknown Others
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1952
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: Klamath Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Peridotite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ASSAYS RANGE 0.60 TO 0.70 PERCENT NICKEL, AND CONTAIN UP TO 0.10 PERCENT COBALT
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): BASE OF LATERITE MANTLE ON IS AT 3000 FT. ELEVATION, AND BASE OF LATERITE ON LITTLE RATTLESNAKE MTN. IS 2,500 FT. ELEVATION, UTM APPROX. LOC.
Comment (Reserve-Resource): UNKNOWN; 0.1% TO 1.0% NI
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: EARLY 1950'S
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: AREA IS UNDERLAIN BY SEVERAL TYPES OF ULTRAMAFIC ROCKS, INCLUDING PERIDOTITE, DUNITE AND SAXONITE, ALL OF WHICH HAVE BEEN LOCALLY SERPENTINIZED. CHROMITE PROSPECTS (AND SEVERAL SMALL MINES) OCCUR IN DUNITE. DARK REDDISH-BROWN LATERITE MANTLES HIGHER PORTIONS OF RIDGE, AND COVERS ABOUT 2,500 ACRES. DEPTH OF LATERITE IS NOT KNOWN, BUT SEVERAL BULLDOZER CUTS ARE 10 FT. DEEP, AND IT IS ASSUMED THAT THE DEPTH MAY BE AS MUCH AS SEVERAL TENS OF FEET. GARNIERITE NOT FOUND.
References
Reference (Deposit): BRIGHT, J.H., 1974 ( 1958 ), PRIVATE COMMUNICATION.
Reference (Deposit): IRWIN, WILLIAM P., 1960 , GEOLOGIC RECONNAISSANCE OF THE N. COAST RANGES AND KLAMATH MTNS., CALIF: CALIF. D.O.M. BULL. 179
Reference (Deposit): HOTZ, P.E., 1966 , NICKEL IN MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF CALIF: U.S. SENATE DOCUMENT, 89TH CONGRESS, 2ND SESSION, P. 281
Reference (Deposit): 5) CHESTERMAN, C.W., 1976 , WRITTEN COMMUNICATION
Reference (Reserve-Resource): UNPUBLISHED NI-CO REPORT
Reference (Deposit): WELLS, F.G., CATER, F.W. JR., AND RYNEARSON, G.A., 1946 , CHROMITE DEPOSITS OF DEL NORTE COUNTY, CALIF: CALIF. D.O.M. BULL. 134 , CH. 1 , PT. 1
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