The Venice Hills is a mine located in Tulare county, California.
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Mine Info
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Venice Hills MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Venice Hills
Commodity
Tertiary: Nickel
Location
State: California
County: Tulare
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Robert L. Goldsmith, 17410 Millwood Dr., Visalia, Ca.; Mrs. Sam B. Newman, 30001 - Rd. 162 , Visalia
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: California Trough
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Serpentinite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SURFACE AND SUBSURFACE ASSAYS RANGE FROM 0.18 TO 1.08 PERCENT NICKEL.
Materials
Ore: Garnierite
Comments
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: N. PART OF VENICE HILLS IS UNDERLAIN BY ALTERED SERPENTINITE WHICH IS CAPPED BY RESIDUAL JASPEROID AND SILICA BOXWORK. BENEATH CAPPING IS EXTENSIVE ZONE OF LATERITE WHOSE THICKNESS RANGES FROM FEW TENS OF FT. TO AS MUCH AS 100 FT. METAVOLCANIC ROCKS AND MINOR METACHERT COMPRISE 5 , PART OF VENICE HILLS. VEINS OF CHRYSOPRASE AND GARNIERITE OCCUR IN SILICEOUS CAPPING, AND GARNIERITE WAS FOUND TO BE WIDELY DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT ALTERED (LATERITIZED) SERPENTINITE. GARNIERITE VEINS RANGE IN THICKNESS FROM FRACTURE FILLINGS TO TWO INCHES.
Comment (Deposit): GEM QUALITY CHRYSOPRASE OBTAINED FROM ALTERED SERPENTINITE IN AREA, IN EARLY 1900'S. GARNIERITE IN ASSOCIATION WITH CHRYSOPRASE DISCOVERED IN MIDDLE 1950'S
References
Reference (Deposit): CHESTERMAN, C.W., WRITTEN COMMUNICATION, 1976
Reference (Deposit): BRIGHT, J.H., 1974 ( 1958 ), PRIVATE COMMUNICATION.
Reference (Deposit): GOLDSMITH, R.I., 1975 ( 1968 - 70 ), PRIVATE COMMUNICATION
Reference (Deposit): GOODWIN, J. GRANT, 1958 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF TULARE COUNTY, CALIF: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 54 , NO. 3 , PP. 340 - 346
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