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Chanchelulla Peak

Occurrence in Shasta county in California, United States with commodities Nickel, Copper, Platinum, Palladium, Rhodium
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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. Materials information
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048462
MRDS ID MP00049
Record type Site
Current site name Chanchelulla Peak

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.985, 40.45374 (WGS84)
Elevation 1800
Relative position ABOUT 4 MI WEST OF DEER LICK SPRINGS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Trinity(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chanchelulla Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Red Bluff(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Redding(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Trinity(hydrologic unit)

Klamath(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Shasta-Trinity National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Chanchelulla Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Shasta

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 030N 010W 09,10,15,16 California

Comments on the location information

  • IN TRINITY NATIONAL FOREST. PLUTON LIES SOUTH OF MAIN PEAK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nickel Critical Primary
Copper Primary
Platinum Critical Tertiary
Palladium Critical Tertiary
Rhodium Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PGE-BEARING MINERALS NOT FOUND

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pentlandite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore

Analytical data

Result 27 PGE ANALYSES: PT=<10-532 PPB
Result PD=<1-543 PPB
Result RH=<1-2 PPB.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 23
USGS model code 9
Deposit model name Alaskan Cr-Pt (PGE)
Mark3 model number 120

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite
    Rock unit name Wildwood Pluton (Host Formation);Ironside Mountain Batholith-Monzodiorite, Minor Gabbro And Pyroxenite
    Rock description Wildwood Pluton (Host Formation);Ironside Mountain Batholith-Monzodiorite, Minor Gabbro And Pyroxenite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite > Dunite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Pyroxenite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Pyroxenite > Clinopyroxenite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.985, 40.45374
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form SULFIDE-BEARING ZONE AT MARGIN OF INTRUSION

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Magmatic Segregation

Comments on the geologic information

  • PLUTON IS SAID TO BE SIMILAR TO ZONED ALASKA-TYPE PLUTONS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • NO WORKINGS

Comments on development

  • AREA HAS NOT BEEN EXPLORED FOR MINERAL DEPOSITS

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE MINERALS ARE DISSEMINATED NEAR CONTACT OF PLUTON WITH SULFIDE-BEARING HORNFELSIC ROCKS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1990 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

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