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Diamond Springs

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 10033785
MRDS ID M020430
Record type Site
Current site name Diamond Springs
Related records 10236757

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.09004, 39.66488 (WGS84)
Relative position 15 MI. TO CHALLENGE, A SMALL TOWN, VIA 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

American House(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle 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
United States California Yuba

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 021N;020N 008E;008E 34,35;02,03,09,10,15,16,21,22,27 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM APPROX. LOC.
  • Used PLS (T 21 N, R 8E, Sec. 34) and GIS to determine lat/long.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nickel Critical Primary

Analytical data

Result SAID TO ASSAY AT LEAST 0.09 PERCENT NICKEL

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.09004, 39.66488
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: SERPENTINIZED ULTRAMAFIC ROCKS UNDERLIE THE AREA, AND UPON THEM OCCUR A MANTLE OF WELL-DEVELOPED DARK RED LATERITIC-SOIL. AN AREA OF APPROXIMATELY 500 ACRES IS UNDERLAIN BY NICKEL-BEARING LATERITIC-SOIL, WHOSE DEPTH IS NOT KNOWN.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Fee Land

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    TURNER, H.W., 1898 , BIDWELL BARFOLIO: U.S.G.S. GEOLOGICAL ATLAS OF U.S., FOLIO 43 , 12 P.

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SOME GOLD WAS MINED IN AREA, PRINCIPALLY FROM TERTIARY GRAVEL DEPOSITS

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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