Woodcock Mtn Laterite

The Woodcock Mtn Laterite is a nickel mine located in Josephine county, Oregon at an elevation of 1,322 feet.

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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Woodcock Mtn Laterite
Secondary: Woodcock Mtn Nickel Deposit
Secondary: Woodcock Mountain Laterite

Commodity

Primary: Nickel
Secondary: Chromium
Secondary: Cobalt
Tertiary: Iron

Location

State: Oregon
County: Josephine
District: Waldo

Land Status

Land ownership: Mixed
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.

Holdings

Type: Other
Type: Located Claim

Workings

Type: Surface

Ownership

Owner Name: California Nickel Corp
Percent: 5.00
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1979

Owner Name: Inspiration Devel Co
Percent: 15.00
Home Office: Arizona
Info Year: 1979

Owner Name: Hanna Mining Co
Percent: 80.00
Home Office: Ohio
Info Year: 1979

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Strip-Hillside
Discovery Year: 1941
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y

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

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Unknown: Kaolinite
Unknown: Chlorite
Unknown: Ilmenite
Unknown: Goethite
Unknown: Gibbsite
Unknown: Garnierite
Unknown: Enstatite
Unknown: Diaspore
Unknown: Chromite
Unknown: Chalcedony
Unknown: Talc
Unknown: Spinel
Unknown: Serpentine
Unknown: Nontronite
Unknown: Montmorillonite
Unknown: Magnetite
Unknown: Limonite

Comments

Comment (Reserve-Resource): QUANTITY ESTIMATES TAKEN FROM B-BIB Q800-Q805 ASSAY FE- 1977

Comment (Reserve-Resource): FIELD OP. FIRST QUARTER FY 1980 INCLUDES THIS IN ILLINOIS VALLEY NICKEL LATERITE DEPOSITS W/EXTENSIVE DATA BASE REVISION AND REVISED MINE COSTING DUE. OWNERS:HANNA MINING CO.>80%,INSPIR. DEV. CO.>15%,CAL. NI CO.> 5%. OTHER NAMES:WOODCOCK MTN. NI DEP.

Comment (Production): PA= NI FROM EIGHT DOLLAR MTN LATERITE. PB= CO DITTO PC= CR DITTO PE= NI FROM WOODCOCK MTN LATERITE. PF= CO DITTO PG= CR DITTO PI= NI FROM ROUGH AND READY LATERITE. PJ= CO DITTO PK= CR DITTO

Comment (Ownership): CALIFORNIA NICKEL CORP. IS A SUBSIDIARY OF NI-CAL DEVELOPMENTS LTD. (A CANADIAN FIRM).

Comment (Geology): LATERITE SHOULD BE A MINERAL ENTRY; IT IS PROCESSED FOR COMMODITY CONTENT. SAPROLITE SHOULD BE A MINERAL ENTRY; IT IS PROCESSED FOR COMMODITY CONTENT. MAGHEMITE IS NOT IN MINERAL TABLE. RECENT RESEARCH INDICATES MOST OF THE NICKEL (AND PRESUMABLY THE COBALT) IS INCLUDED IN THE GOETHITE LATTICE. NICKEL AND COBALT ARE RELEASED FROM THE PARENT MINERALS AND RECOMBINED IN THE IRON OXIDES. OLIVINE IS THE PROBABLE SOURCE OF NICKEL. SOURCE OF COBALT IS UNKNOWN.

Comment (Production): PROPERTY HAS NOT PRODUCED (1979).

Comment (Deposit): LOCATION IS POINT OF ENTRY TO PROPERTY AT TURNOFF FROM WEST SIDE ROAD. NICKEL AND COBALT ARE ENTERED AS COPRODUCTS RECOVERY OF COBALT AND NICKEL IS NECESSARY FOR PRODUCTION AT CURRENT PRICES (1979).

Comment (Geology): THE SHAPE OF THE LATERITE AREAS IS GENERALLY TABULAR, BOTTOM IS HIGHLY IRREGULAR.

Comment (Geology): UNSPEC SEDIMENTARY FOR LACK OF AN APPROPRIATE ENTRY FOR LATERITE. LATERITIC SOIL COMPOSED OF HYDROUS FE-OXIDES, CLAY MINERALS, AND POSSIBLE GARNIERITE WITH RESIDUAL SILICA AND CHROMITE. SAPROLITE, THE CLAY-RICH WEATHERED HOST ROCK, IS A SIGNIFICANT, BUT VARIABLE, PERCENTAGE OF THE RESOURCE. CANNOT BE ENTERED IN L DATA SET.

References

Reference (Reserve-Resource): RALPH C. KIRBY, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR - METALLURGY);

Reference (Reserve-Resource): USBM REPORT, JANUARY 1978.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): *CONFIDENTIAL DATA*

Reference (Deposit): OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 14-C, 1942,

Reference (Deposit): VOL. 2, P. 224.

Reference (Deposit): OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. MISC. PAPER 20, 1978,

Reference (Deposit): P. 43.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): WILLIAMS, J.F. AND LINDSEY, D.S., NICKEL DEPOSITS IN THE

Reference (Reserve-Resource): WESTERN UNITED STATES (A REPORT AND APPRAISAL FOR

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