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Elk Camp

Occurrence in Del Norte 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. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033765
MRDS ID M020410
Record type Site
Current site name Elk Camp
Related records 10138458

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.87699, 41.94399 (WGS84)
Relative position 14 MI. TO GASQUET BY PAVED AND UNGRADED DIRT ROADS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Del Norte(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

High Plateau Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Happy Camp(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Weed(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Smith(hydrologic unit)

Northern California Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Six Rivers 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 Del Norte

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Humboldt 018N 003E 19 California

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED IN N 1/2 SECTION 19

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nickel Critical Tertiary

Analytical data

Result SAMPLES FROM 12 HAND AUGER HOLES RANGE 0.62 TO 1.11 PERCENT NICKEL, AVERAGING 0.75 PERCENT.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.87699, 41.94399
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: 25 ACRES UNDERLAIN BY SAXONITE, AN ULTRA-MAFIC IGNEOUS ROCK, UPON WHICH IS DEVELOPED A MANTLE OF DEEP REDDISH-BROWN LATERITE. LATERITE IS ROCKY AND CONTAINS QUARTZ BOXWORK. IN PLACES IT IS AS MUCH AS 10 FT. OR MORE IN DEPTH.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1954

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    CATER, FRED W. AND FRANCIS G. WELLS, 1953 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE GASQUET QUAD, CALIF.-ORE: U.S.G.S. BULL. 99S-C, 133 P.

  • Deposit

    WELLS, FRANCIS G., FRED W. CATER JR., AND GARN A. RYREARSON, 1946 , CHROMITE DEPOSITS OF DEL NORTE COUNTY, CALIF: CALIF. D.O.M. BULL. 134 , PART 1 , CH. 1 , 76 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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