Red Mtn., Little Red Mtn.

The Red Mtn., Little Red Mtn. is a mine located in Mendocino county, California.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Red Mtn., Little Red Mtn.
Secondary: Leggett Nicke Properties

Commodity

Tertiary: Cobalt
Tertiary: Nickel

Location

State: California
County: Mendocino

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Feeland And Placer Mining Claims Controlled By Union Carbide Nuclear Corp.

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1955
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: California Coast Ranges

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Dunite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Dunite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: ASSAYS RANGE BETWEEN 0.35 AND 1.50 PERCENT NICKEL, AND AVERAGE BETWEEN 0.75 AND 0.82 PERCENT NICKEL. COBALT CONTENT IS LOW, AVERAGING ABOUT 0.04 PERCENT

Materials

Ore: Garnierite

Comments

Comment (Location): UTM APPROX. LOC.

Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: AREA UNDERLAIN BY PERIDOTITE IN FAULT CONTACT ON S.W. AND E. WITH FRANCISCAN FORMATION, AND IN DEPOSITIONAL RELATIONSHIPS WITH U. CRETACEOUS SEDIMENTARY ROCKS. UPPER SURFACE OF ULTRAMAFIC MASS, WHICH CONTAINS DUNITE AND IS SERPENTINIZED ALONG JOINTS AND SHEAR ZONES, IS MANTLED BY LATERITE, RANGING IN DEPTH FROM A FEW FT. TO 20 FT. 2 DISTINCT ZONES FORMED BY LATERIZATION OF PERIDOTITE: (1)NICKEL-IRON LATERITE AND (2)NICKEL SILICATE LATERITE, WITH GARNIERITE DISSEMINATED THROUGHOUT WEATHERED AND FRACTURED BEDROCK BENEATH FERRUGINEOUS MANTLE.

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: NICKEL-LATERITE DISCOVERED MIDDLE 1950'S

Comment (Deposit): SEVERAL HUNDRED TONS OF HIGH GRADE CHROMITE HAVE BEEN MINED IN AREA SINCE 1918

References

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

Reference (Deposit): 6) CHESTERMAN, C.W., 1976 , WRITTEN COMMUNICATION

Reference (Reserve-Resource): REFER. (3)

Reference (Deposit): IRWIN, W. P., 1960, CALIF. DIV. MINES BULL. 179, P. 74.

Reference (Deposit): BILBREY, J. H., JR., 1962, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8103, P. 28

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) DOW, DONALD H., AND THAYER, T.P., 1946 , CHROMITE DEPOSITS OF N. COAST RANGES OF CALIF; CALIF. D.O.M. BULL. 134 , PT. II, CH. 1

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