The Mountain House Area is a mine located in Butte 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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Mountain House Area MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mountain House Area
Commodity
Tertiary: Nickel
Location
State: California
County: Butte
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Open Land, And Minor Privately Owned Land
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1957
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: Amphibolite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: AREA UNDERLAIN BY SERPENTINITE AND AMPHIBOLITE, AND 20 ACRES OF TAN-COLORED LATERITIC SOIL HAS DEVELOPED UPON SERPENTINITE. SERPENTINITE IS LOCALLY METAMORPHOSED TO TALC SCHIST. DEPTH OF LATERITIC SOIL IS UNKNOWN.
Comment (Commodity): FIELD TESTS WITH DIMETHYLGLYOXIME FAILED TO INDICATE ANY MORE THAN A TRACE OF NICKEL.
References
Reference (Deposit): BRIGHT, J. H., 1974 ( 1958 ), PRIVATE COMMUNICATION
Reference (Deposit): TURNER., H.W., 1898 , BIDWELL BAR FOLIO: U.S.G.S. GEOLOGICAL ATLAS OF U.S., FOLIO 43 , 12 P.
Reference (Deposit): CHESTERMAN, C. W., 1976 , WRITTEN COMMUNICATION
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