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Red Mountain Laterite

The Red Mountain Laterite is a nickel and cobalt mine located in Mendocino county, California at an elevation of 4,078 feet.

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

Name: Red Mountain Laterite

State:  California

County:  Mendocino

Elevation: 4,078 Feet (1,243 Meters)

Commodity: Nickel, Cobalt

Lat, Long: 39.91, -123.67000

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Red Mountain Laterite MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Red Mountain Laterite
Secondary: Red Mountain Nickel Laterite
Secondary: Little Red Mountain Nickel Laterite

Commodity

Primary: Nickel
Primary: Cobalt
Tertiary: Chromium

Location

State: California
County: Mendocino
District: Little Red Mountain Area

Land Status

Land ownership: Mixed
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.

Holdings

Type: Fee Ownership
Type: Private Lease
Type: Located Claim

Workings

Type: Surface

Ownership

Owner Name: Hanna Mining Co.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Ohio
Info Year: 1979

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
Mining Method: 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

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Unknown: Montmorillonite
Unknown: Goethite

Comments

Comment (Geology): DEPOSIT IS A LATERITE AND, AS SUCH, IS RESIDUAL.

Comment (Reserve-Resource): RESOURCE ESTIMATES DEVELOPED IN-HOUSE 1979.

Comment (Names): OTHER NAMES:LITTLE RED MNT. NI LATERITE; RED MNT. NI LATERITE.

References

Reference (Deposit): CHROMITE IN CALIFORNIA, PART 2-COAST RANGE, CHAPT 1:

Reference (Deposit): CAL. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. BULL. 76, 1918, P. 151-154

Reference (Deposit): C.A. WANING. MANGANESE AND CHROMIUM IN CALIFORNIA.

Reference (Deposit): BRADLEY, W.W., E.H. HUGUENIN, C.A. LOGAN, W.B. TUCKER AND

Reference (Production): LATERITES. BUMINES REPT. OF INVEST. 8027, 1975, 14 PP.

Reference (Production): RECOVERY OF NICKEL AND COBALT FROM LOW-GRADE DOMESTIC

Reference (Production): SIEMENS, R.E., P.C. GOOD, AND W.A. STICKNEY.

Reference (Production): MINING CONGRESS JOURNAL, V 63D, NO 1, 1977, P 27-34.

Reference (Production): OF NICKEL AND COBALT FROM LOW-GRADE DOMESTIC LATERITES.

Reference (Production): SIEMENS,R.E., AND J.D. CORRICE. PROCESS OF THE RECOVERY

Reference (Deposit): BUMINES, CONTRACT NO J0255007, 1975, 138 PP.

Reference (Deposit): EVALUATION. PREPARED FOR THE DEPT. OF INTERIOR,

Reference (Deposit): SOURCES, TASK I REPORT, TECHNICAL AND ECONOMIC

Reference (Deposit): SINGMASTER AND BREYER, INC. NICKEL RECOVERY FROM WESTERN

Reference (Deposit): CAL. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. BULL. 134, 1946, P 17-19.

Reference (Deposit): P 1650-1672.

Reference (Deposit): DOW, D.H., AND T.P. THAYER. GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS OF

Reference (Deposit): THE UNITED STATES, V 2, 3D ED., 1968, AIME, NEW YORK,

Reference (Deposit): MOUNTAIN MINE, RIDDLE, OREGON, -IN- ORE DEPOSITS IN

Reference (Deposit): CUMBERLIDGE, J.T., AND F.M. CHACE. GEOLOGY OF THE NICKEL

Reference (Deposit): MINERALOGIST, V 25, NO 4, 1929, P-462.

Reference (Deposit): CAL. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. TWENTY-FIFTH REPORT OF THE STATE

Reference (Deposit): UKIAH SHEET, SCALE 1:250,000, 1964.

Reference (Deposit): CAL. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. GEOLOGIC MAP OF CALIFORNIA,

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