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Ni-Cal

Prospect in Del Norte county in California, United States with commodities Nickel, Cobalt, Chromium, PGE
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Reserves and resources
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097131
MRDS ID M046848
Record type Site
Current site name Ni-Cal

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.98005, 41.92788 (WGS84)
Elevation 625
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 2 MI NORTH OF GASQUET, Acc Location Is Probably Accurate Within Laterized Area, Which Covers 3,500 Acres Centered On Gasquet Mountain

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Del Norte(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

High Plateau Mountain(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 017N 002E California

Comments on the location information

  • IN SIX RIVERS NATIONAL FOREST. UNSURVEYED; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = GASQUET 1:24000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nickel Critical Primary
Cobalt Critical Secondary
Chromium Critical Secondary
PGE Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • UNABLE TO FIND SOURCE OF PGE DATA (1989); NOT MENTIONED IN REFERENCES CITED

Analytical data

Result ESTIMATED NI CONTENT OF ORE 0.85%

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 110
USGS model code 38a
Deposit model name Lateritic Ni

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.98005, 41.92788
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Weathering Cycle

Comments on the geologic information

  • LITTLE INFORMATION AVAILABLE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Smith River Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner California Nickel Corp. (Part Of Ni-Cal)
    First year 1981
  • Type Owner
    Owner Ni-Cal Resources, Inc.
    First year 1981

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1981
    Total resources 15000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Nickel Ni 0.85 wt-pct Nickel Major 1981
    Chromium Cr2O3 2 wt-pct Chromium Minor 1981
    Cobalt Co 0.01 wt-pct Cobalt Minor 1981

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RECOVERY EXPECTED TO BE 90% NI, 80% CO, 50% CR

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NORTHERN MINER, 1977, NI-CAL READY FOR WORK ON CALIFORNIA NICKEL: NORTHERN MINER, V. 63, NO. 37, P. A3.

  • Deposit

    AMERICAN METAL MARKET, 1981, MINING NEW GROUND, PLANNED LATERITE NICKEL MINE WOULD ALSO YIELD COBALT AND CHROMIUM: AMERICAN METAL MARKET, V. 89, NO. 123, P. 10A.

  • Reserve-Resource

    AMERICAN METAL MARKET

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-78 Blair, Will N. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-89 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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