Pine Flat

The Pine Flat is a mine located in Del Norte county, California at an elevation of 2,451 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Pine Flat

Commodity

Tertiary: Nickel

Location

State: California
County: Del Norte

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Rare Metals Corp.
Home Office: Salt Lake City, Ut.

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 AVERAGE 0.79 PERCENT NICKEL

Materials

Not available

Comments

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: EARLY 1950'S

Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: AREA IS UNDERLAIN BY PERIDOTITE, WHICH CONTAINS LOCAL SMALL BODIES OF CHROMITE-BEARING DUNITE. PERIDOTITE IS JOINTED AND LOCALLY ALTERED TO SERPENTINITE. LATERITE MANTLE IS DEEP REDDISH BROWN IN COLOR, AND IS MORE THAN 50 FT. DEEP, AS HOLES DUG TO THAT DEPTH DID NOT BOTTOM IN PERIDOTITE. TOP 5 TO 10 FT. OF LATERITE CONTAINS FROM 0.30 TO 1.50 PERCENT NICKEL, AVERAGING ABOUT 0.79 PERCENT. ASSAYS OF SAMPLES TAKEN AS DEEP AS 50 FT. AVERAGED 0.60 PERCENT NICKEL.

References

Reference (Deposit): BENSON, W. T., 1963 , PINE FLAT AND DIAMOND FLAT NICKEL-BEARING LATERITE DEPOSITS, DEL NORTE COUNTY, CALIF: U.S.B.M. REPT. INV. 6206

Reference (Deposit): BRIGHT, J.H. 1974 ( 1958 ), PRIVATE COMMUNICATION.

Reference (Deposit): CATER, FRED W. JR., AND WELLS, FRANCIS G., 1953 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF GASQUET QUAD; CALIF. ORE: U.S.G.S. BULL. 995-C

Reference (Deposit): 5) CHESTERMAN, C.W., 1976 , WRITTEN COMMUNICATION

Reference (Deposit): WELLS, F.G., CATER, F.W. JR., AND RYHEARSON, G.A., 1946 , CHROMITE DEPOSITS OF DEL NORTE COUNTY, CALIF: CALIF. D.O.M. BULL 134 , PT. 1 , CH. 1 .

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