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Meadow Valley

Occurrence in Plumas 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 10033781
MRDS ID M020426
Record type Site
Current site name Meadow Valley
Related records 10116297

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.07049, 39.91321 (WGS84)
Relative position 10 MI. TO QUINCY BY PAVED AND GRADED DIRT ROADS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Plumas(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Meadow Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

East Branch 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 Plumas

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 024N 008E 27 California

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED IN E 1/2 SECTION 27 , 20 ACRES

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nickel Critical Tertiary

Analytical data

Result SURFACE SAMPLE ASSAYED 0.25 PERCENT NICKEL

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.07049, 39.91321
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: AREA IS UNDERLAIN BY SERPENTINITE ON WHICH OCCURS A MANTLE OF RED LATERITIC SOIL. THE ORE BODY IS A PATCH OF NICKEL BEARING LATERITIC SOIL WHOSE DEPTH IS NOT KNOWN.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1952

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Open Land

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    BURNETT, JOHN L. AND JENNINGS, CHARLES W., 1962 , GEOLOGIC MAP OF CALIFORNIA, OLAF P. JENKINS EDITION, CHICO SHEET: CALIF. D.O.M. AND GEOL., SCALE 1:250,000

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: EARLY 1950'S

Reporter information

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

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