The Brown's Mountain is a mine located in Del Norte county, California.
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Mine Info
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Brown's Mountain MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Brown's Mountain
Commodity
Tertiary: Nickel
Location
State: California
County: Del Norte
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Brown'S Chrome Mine On High Plateau Mining Claim In Sec. 28 , T 18 N, R 2 E., Hbm, Is Owned By Eugen
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1954
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: Harzburgite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 9 AUGER HOLES TO DEPTH OF 5 FT. EACH IN 40 ACRES SAMPLED LATERITE TAT AVERAGED 0.95 PERCENT NICKEL. ORE GRADE RANGES BETWEEN 0.42 PERCENT AND 1.50 PERCENT NICKEL.
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): OVERLAPS BROWN'S CHROME MINE UTM APPROX. LOC.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: ABOUT 350 ACRES OF NICKEL-BEARING LATERITIC SOIL IS UNDERLAIN BY SAXONITE THAT IS SLIGHTLY ALTERED TO SERPENTINITE THROUGHOUT AREA, AND ESPECIALLY ALONG CONTACTS AND IN SHEAR ZONES WHERE IT HAS BEEN CONVERTED TO DARK GREENISH-BLACK SERPENTINITE. CHROMITE WAS MINED FROM LENSES OF DUNITE ENCLOSED IN SERPENTINIZED SAXONITE. LATERITE RANGES FROM LESS THAN 1 FT. TO AT LEAST 7 FT., MANTLES THE SAXONITE. LATERITE IS AT LEAST 5 FT. DEEP, IS ROCKY AND DEEP REDDISH-BROWN IN COLOR.
References
Reference (Deposit): BRIGHT, J.H., 1974 ( 1958 ), PRIVATE COMMUNICATION.
Reference (Deposit): CHESTERMAN, C. W., 1976 , WRITTEN COMMUNICATION.
Reference (Deposit): WELLS, FRANCIS G., FRED W. CATER JR., AND GARN A. RYNEARSON, 1946 , CHROMITE DEPOSITS OF DEL NORTE COUNTY, CALIF: CALIF. DIV. OF MINES BULL. 134 , PART 1 , CHAPTER 1 , 76 P.
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