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High Divide Area

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. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033768
MRDS ID M020413
Record type Site
Current site name High Divide Area
Related records 10284121

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -124.05727, 41.90288 (WGS84)
Relative position 8 MI. FROM SMITH RIVER VIA GRADED DIRT ROAD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Del Norte(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

High Divide(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Crescent City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Crescent City(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;017N 001E;001E 33,34;03,04 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nickel Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • FIELD TESTS INDICATE PRESENCE OF NICKEL, NO SAMPLES TAKEN.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -124.05727, 41.90288
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: AREA UNDERLAIN BY PERIDOTITE, LOCALLY ALTERED TO SERPENTINITE. CHROMITE OCCURS PRINCIPALLY IN DUNITE AND THE COPPER MINERALIZATION IN SERPENTINITE. LATERITE MANTLE IS SAID TO BE ROCKY, AND PROBABLY AVERAGES LESS THAN 5 FT. IN DEPTH, ALTHOUGH SOME GREATER LOCAL DEPTH IS INDICATED. ABOUT 200 ACRES OF NICKEL-BEARING LATERITIC SOIL IS PRESENT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1955

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BOTH CHROMITE AND COPPER HAVE BEEN PRODUCED FROM NUMEROUS MINE WORKINGS IN SERPENTINIZED PERIDOTITE
Deposit Discovery Year: MID 1950'S, NICKEL-BEARING LATERITE DISCOVERED

Reporter information

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

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