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Lower Coon Mtn.

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. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033769
MRDS ID M020414
Record type Site
Current site name Lower Coon Mtn.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.93059, 41.78149 (WGS84)
Relative position 15 MI. TO GASQUET BY JEEP TRAILS, UNGRADED DIRT AND PAVED 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 002E 01,02,11,15,17,21 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM APPROX. LOC.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nickel Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • NO SAMPLES TAKEN FOR NICKEL

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 Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite > Dunite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite > Harzburgite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.93059, 41.78149
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: OCCURS IN LARGE MASS OF PERIDOTITE (WHICH INCLUDES SAXONITE, DUNITE, PERIDOTITE AND SERPENTINITE) THAT INCLUDES GORDON MTN. AND UPPER COON MTN AND IS THE S. END OF JOSEPHINE PERIDOTITE MASS. W. PART OF LOWER COON MTN. IS UNDERLAIN PRINCIPALLY BY WEHRLITE, A MEDIUM-GRAINED ULTRAMAFIC ROCK COMPOSED OF PYROXENE AND OLIVINE. 40 ACRES OF ISOLATED PATCHES OF DARK REDDISH-BROWN LATERITE, UNKNOWN DEPTH, LIE UPON THE ULTRAMAFIC ROCKS, AND IS SAID TO BE WEAKLY NICKELIFEROUS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner C. H. Mc Clendon And Elmer Wilson, Et Al.
    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. BULL. 134 , PT. 1 , CH. 1

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CHROMITE MINED IN AREA DURING WORLD WAR II

Reporter information

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

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