The Shell Canyon, Coyote Mtn. is a mine located in Imperial county, California.
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Mine Info
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Shell Canyon, Coyote Mtn. MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Shell Canyon, Coyote Mtn.
Commodity
Tertiary: Nickel
Location
State: California
County: Imperial
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Ross, Minnie And Lloyd O'Callaghan, Ocotillo, Ca.; (2) Toilmon Roark Of
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Salton Trough
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ASSAYS RANGE BETWEEN 0.14 AND 1.99 PERCENT NICKEL, AVERAGING 0.66 PERCENT NICKEL
Materials
Ore: Garnierite
Comments
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: 3 PRINCIPAL MAPPABLE UNITS UNDERLIE AREA: (1) PERIDOTITE, MAINLY SERPENTINIZED OLIVINE AND ENSTATITE, (2) QUARTZ DIORITE, AND (3) LAYERED BENTONITIC CLAYSAND SANDSTONE OF MARINE MIOCENE IMPERIAL FORMATION. SERPENTINIZED PERIDOTITE AND QUARTZ DIORITE WERE INTRUDED BY SIMPLE PEGMATITE BODIES. 3 FAULTS WHICH MAY HAVE LOCALIZED NICKEL MINERALIZATION OCCUR IN AREA, AND FORM BOUNDARIES BETWEEN 3 UNITS. NICKEL OCCURS IN BASIC INTRUSIVE PERIDOTITES WHICH INTRUDE INTO METASEDIMENTARY ROCKS. FRACTURES AND NEARLY VERTICAL FAULTS IN PERIDOTITES ARE LOCI OF ACCUMULATION OF SECONDARY IRON MINERALS, AND SOME PALE BLUE SECONDARY NICKEL MINERALS INCLUDING GARNIERITE AND MORENOSITE. METASEDIMENTS OCCUR ALONG N.E. SIDE OF ELSMORE FAULT ZONE FOR ABOUT 9 MI. IN COYOTE MTNS. PERIDOTITE IN MINERALIZED ZONE IS HIGHLY ALTERED.
References
Reference (Deposit): CHESTERMAN, C.W., 1976 , WRITTEN COMMUNICATION.
Reference (Deposit): MERRILL, F.J.H., 1915 , 14TH REPT. STATE MINERALOGIST, P. 732
Reference (Deposit): RICE, S.J., 1961 , ( 1957 ), PRIVATE COMMUNICATION.
Reference (Deposit): TROXEL, B.W., AND WEBER, F.H., 1975 ( 1956 ), PRIVATE COMMUNICATION.
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