The Red Mtn., Little Red Mtn. is a mine located in Mendocino county, California.
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Mine Info
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Red Mtn., Little Red Mtn. MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Red Mtn., Little Red Mtn.
Secondary: Leggett Nicke Properties
Commodity
Tertiary: Cobalt
Tertiary: Nickel
Location
State: California
County: Mendocino
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Feeland And Placer Mining Claims Controlled By Union Carbide Nuclear Corp.
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: 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: ASSAYS RANGE BETWEEN 0.35 AND 1.50 PERCENT NICKEL, AND AVERAGE BETWEEN 0.75 AND 0.82 PERCENT NICKEL. COBALT CONTENT IS LOW, AVERAGING ABOUT 0.04 PERCENT
Materials
Ore: Garnierite
Comments
Comment (Location): UTM APPROX. LOC.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: AREA UNDERLAIN BY PERIDOTITE IN FAULT CONTACT ON S.W. AND E. WITH FRANCISCAN FORMATION, AND IN DEPOSITIONAL RELATIONSHIPS WITH U. CRETACEOUS SEDIMENTARY ROCKS. UPPER SURFACE OF ULTRAMAFIC MASS, WHICH CONTAINS DUNITE AND IS SERPENTINIZED ALONG JOINTS AND SHEAR ZONES, IS MANTLED BY LATERITE, RANGING IN DEPTH FROM A FEW FT. TO 20 FT. 2 DISTINCT ZONES FORMED BY LATERIZATION OF PERIDOTITE: (1)NICKEL-IRON LATERITE AND (2)NICKEL SILICATE LATERITE, WITH GARNIERITE DISSEMINATED THROUGHOUT WEATHERED AND FRACTURED BEDROCK BENEATH FERRUGINEOUS MANTLE.
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: NICKEL-LATERITE DISCOVERED MIDDLE 1950'S
Comment (Deposit): SEVERAL HUNDRED TONS OF HIGH GRADE CHROMITE HAVE BEEN MINED IN AREA SINCE 1918
References
Reference (Deposit): BRIGHT, J.H., 1974 ( 1958 ), PRIVATE COMMUNICATION.
Reference (Deposit): 6) CHESTERMAN, C.W., 1976 , WRITTEN COMMUNICATION
Reference (Reserve-Resource): REFER. (3)
Reference (Deposit): IRWIN, W. P., 1960, CALIF. DIV. MINES BULL. 179, P. 74.
Reference (Deposit): BILBREY, J. H., JR., 1962, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8103, P. 28
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) DOW, DONALD H., AND THAYER, T.P., 1946 , CHROMITE DEPOSITS OF N. COAST RANGES OF CALIF; CALIF. D.O.M. BULL. 134 , PT. II, CH. 1
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