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White Pine Chrome Mine Area

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 10033784
MRDS ID M020429
Record type Site
Current site name White Pine Chrome Mine Area

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.99021, 39.86182 (WGS84)
Relative position 15 MI. TO QUINCY BY GRADED DIRT ROAD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Plumas(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Onion Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Portola(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 023N 009E 08,09,16,17 California

Comments on the location information

  • APPROX. 100 ACRES

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nickel Critical Tertiary

Analytical data

Result 10 TO 15 FT. CHANNEL SAMPLE ASSAYED 0.42 PERCENT NICKEL.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.99021, 39.86182
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: AREA IS UNDERLAIN PRINCIPALLY BY PERIDOTITE THAT HAS BEEN ALTERED LOCALLY TO SERPENTINITE, WHICH CONTAINS LENSES OF CHROMITE-BEARING DUNITE. LYING ON THE SERPENTINITE IS A MANTLE OF NICKEL-BEARING RED LATERITIC SOIL WHICH RANGES UP TO 25 FT. IN DEPTH.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1915

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner E. R. Patterson And E. V. Spivey
    Home office Quincy, Ca.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    RYNEARSON, GARN A., 1953 , CHROMITE DEPOSITS IN THE N. SIERRA NEVADA, CALIF. (PLACER, NEVADA, SIERRA, YUBA, BUTTE AND PLUMAS COUNTIES), CALIF. D.O.M. BULL. 134 , PT. 111 , CH. 5 , PP. 285 - 299

  • Deposit

    CHESTERMAN, C.W., 1976 , WRITTEN COMMUNICATION

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: CHROMITE FOUND DURING WWI, AND SEVERAL THOUSAND TONS MINED DURING EARLY 1940'S. NICKEL-LATERITE IDENTIFIED IN LATE 1950'S

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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