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Pulga Area

Occurrence in Butte county in California, United States with commodity Nickel
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033760
MRDS ID M020405
Record type Site
Current site name Pulga Area
Related records 10211142

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.45827, 39.78181 (WGS84)
Relative position ON A SMALL SPUR OFF ROCKY RIDGE. OROVILLE IS 27 MI. BY U.S. HIGHWAY 40 AND GRADED DIRT ROAD.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Butte(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pulga(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

North Fork Feather(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Plumas National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Butte

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 022N 005E 06,07 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nickel Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • FIELD TESTS INDICATE TRACE AMOUNTS OF NICKEL IN LATERITIC SOIL, BUT NO SAMPLE TAKEN.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.45827, 39.78181
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: AREA IS UNDERLAIN BY SERPENTINIZED PERIDOTITE UPON WHICH HAS DEVELOPED A THIN VENEER OF LATERITIC SOIL. 20 ACRES OF ROCK LATERITIC-SOIL HAS AVERAGE DEPTH OF LESS THAN 3 FT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1957

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Fee Land

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BRIGHT, J.H., 1974 ( 1958 ), PRIVATE COMMUNICATION.

  • Deposit

    TURNER, H. W., 1898 , BIDWELL BAR FOLIA: U.S.G.S. GEOLOGICAL ATLAS OF THE U.S., FOLIO 43 , 12 P.

  • Deposit

    CHESTERMAN, C. W., 1976 , WRITTEN COMMUNICATION.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1978 Killman, K.; Albers, J. U.S. Geological Survey

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