Rattlesnake Mtn. - Little Rattlesnake Mtn.

The Rattlesnake Mtn. - Little Rattlesnake Mtn. is a mine located in Del Norte county, California.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Rattlesnake Mtn. - Little Rattlesnake Mtn.

Commodity

Tertiary: Nickel
Tertiary: Cobalt

Location

State: California
County: Del Norte

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Elmer Wilson, Et Al, Of Eureka, Calif., And Unknown Others

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 RANGE 0.60 TO 0.70 PERCENT NICKEL, AND CONTAIN UP TO 0.10 PERCENT COBALT

Materials

Not available

Comments

Comment (Location): BASE OF LATERITE MANTLE ON IS AT 3000 FT. ELEVATION, AND BASE OF LATERITE ON LITTLE RATTLESNAKE MTN. IS 2,500 FT. ELEVATION, UTM APPROX. LOC.

Comment (Reserve-Resource): UNKNOWN; 0.1% TO 1.0% NI

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

Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: AREA IS UNDERLAIN BY SEVERAL TYPES OF ULTRAMAFIC ROCKS, INCLUDING PERIDOTITE, DUNITE AND SAXONITE, ALL OF WHICH HAVE BEEN LOCALLY SERPENTINIZED. CHROMITE PROSPECTS (AND SEVERAL SMALL MINES) OCCUR IN DUNITE. DARK REDDISH-BROWN LATERITE MANTLES HIGHER PORTIONS OF RIDGE, AND COVERS ABOUT 2,500 ACRES. DEPTH OF LATERITE IS NOT KNOWN, BUT SEVERAL BULLDOZER CUTS ARE 10 FT. DEEP, AND IT IS ASSUMED THAT THE DEPTH MAY BE AS MUCH AS SEVERAL TENS OF FEET. GARNIERITE NOT FOUND.

References

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

Reference (Deposit): IRWIN, WILLIAM P., 1960 , GEOLOGIC RECONNAISSANCE OF THE N. COAST RANGES AND KLAMATH MTNS., CALIF: CALIF. D.O.M. BULL. 179

Reference (Deposit): HOTZ, P.E., 1966 , NICKEL IN MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF CALIF: U.S. SENATE DOCUMENT, 89TH CONGRESS, 2ND SESSION, P. 281

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

Reference (Reserve-Resource): UNPUBLISHED NI-CO REPORT

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

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