Ventura Mine

The Ventura Mine is a mine located in Ventura county, California at an elevation of 1,460 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Ventura Mine

Commodity

Tertiary: Nickel
Tertiary: Copper

Location

State: California
County: Ventura

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Fee Land, Said To Be Owned By Prudential Life Insurance Co.

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1932
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: Los Angeles Ranges

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: SAMPLES RANGE BETWEEN 0.13 AND 1.75 PERCENT NICKEL. DMEA SAMPLES FROM 1940'S RANGED 0.13 TO 0.34 PERCENT NICKEL.

Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Millerite
Ore: Pentlandite
Ore: Pyrrhotite
Ore: Cuprite
Ore: Malachite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: PRESENCE OF NICKEL AND COPPER KNOWN PRIOR TO EARLY 1930'S

Comment (Location): LOCATED IN SW 1/4 SECTION 5

Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: NICKEL AND COPPER BEARING MINERALS OCCUR IN SHEAR ZONE BETWEEN CRETACEOUS SANDSTONE AND INTRUSIVE TERTIARY BASALT LOW ON S.W. SLOPE OF SIMI PEAK. BASALT OCCURS AS SILL WHOSE EXPANDED LENGTH IS ABOUT 600 FT., ESTIMATED 300 FT. THICK. SILL HAS WESTERLY TREND AND DIPS 20 N., INTO HILLSIDE. MINERALIZATION ZONE SURROUNDS SILL, AND IS AS MUCH AS 500 FT. WIDE, TRACED ALONG STRIKE 800 FT. NICKEL-BEARING MINERALS ARE MILLERITE, PENTLANDITE, PYRRHOTITE, AND ASSOCIATED COPPER MINERALS ARE CHALCOPYRITE, MALACHITE, AZURITE, AND CUPRITE. ORE BODY IS ABOUT 800 FT. LONG, AVERAGES 300 FT. WIDE, AND 300 FT. THICK

References

Reference (Deposit): TROXEL, B.W., 1975 ( 1963 ), PRIVATE COMMUNICATION.

Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W.B. AND SAMPSON, R.J., 1932 , VENTURA COUNTY IN MINING IN CALIF: CALIF. D.O.M. REPT. 28 , PP. 247 - 277

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

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