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Gordon Mountain

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. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033767
MRDS ID M020412
Record type Site
Current site name Gordon Mountain
Related records 10162515

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.87893, 41.79176 (WGS84)
Relative position 19 MI. FROM 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

Gasquet(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 016N 003E 07 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nickel Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • NO SAMPLES TAKEN

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.87893, 41.79176
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: GORDON MTN. IS UNDERLAIN BY SAXONITE, WHICH HAS LOCALLY BEEN ALTERED TO SERPENTINITE. LATERITE LIES UPON SERPENTINIZED SAXONITE, AN AREA OF 50 ACRES. LATERITE IS NICKELIFEROUS. CHROMITE WAS MINED IN THE AREA.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Elmer Wilson
    Home office Eureka, Ca.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    CATER, FRED W. JR. AND WELLS, FRANCIS G., 1953 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF GASQUET QUAD, CALIF.-ORE: U.S.G.S. BULL. 995-C

  • Deposit

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

  • 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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