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Lower Elk Camp Ridge Deposit

Occurrence in Del Norte county in California, United States with commodities Chromium, Cobalt, 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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10305029
MRDS ID M020419
MAS/MILS ID 0060150184
Record type Site
Current site name Lower Elk Camp Ridge Deposit
Alternate or previous names Ridge Claims, Gtr Nos. 1-18
Related records 10033774

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -123.93536, 41.85232 (WGS84)
Elevation 533
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Del Norte(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gasquet(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 017 N 002 E 22 C S2N2 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary
Cobalt Critical Tertiary
Nickel Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Antigorite Unknown
Chromite Unknown
Chrysotile Unknown
Enstatite Unknown
Goethite Unknown
Hematite Unknown
Limonite Unknown
Olivine Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -123.93536, 41.85232
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 PLACER
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Shape of Orebody #2 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin OXIDATION
    Secondary mode of Origin RESIDUAL CONCENT
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Secondary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Date of Last Modification 830316
  • Area 610HA
    Depth to top 0.4M
    Field Value
    Minimum Depth to Top .1
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. .4
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. .1
    Total Surface Area (HA) 610
    Date of Last Modification 830316

Comments on the geologic information

  • ALTHOUGH THE AMOUNTS OF THE VARIOUS MINERALS ARE LISTED AS VARIABLE, RECENT RESEARCH INDICATES GOETHITE CONSTITUTES A SEGNIFICANT PERCENTAGE OF THETOTAL MINERALOGY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Mining method Strip-Hillside
Milling method Hydrometallurgy Unspecified

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner California Nickel Corp.
    Interest 100
    Home office California
    Year 1979

Comments on the ownership information

  • CAL NICKEL PURCHASED THESE CLAIMS FROM INTER-AMERICAN NICKEL COMPANY IN 1978

Comments on the production information

  • THIS WORK WAS FUNDED THROUGH METALLURGY RESEARCH AS PART OF A PROGRAM TO DETERMINE THE BASIS FOR CONTINUED EXPENDITURES BY ALBANY METALLURGY RESEARCH CENTER ON THE REDUCTION ROAST- AMMONIACAL LEACH PROCESS CURRENTLY UNDERGOING PILOT PLANT TESTING. BACKHOE AND SEISMIC WORK WAS CONTRACTED WITH BASIC SAMPLING, MAPPING, AND INTEGRATION OF DATA PERFORMED BY U.S. BUREAU OF MINES WFOC PERSONNEL. THE WORK WAS ACCOMPLISHED FROM MAY TO AUGUST, 1978

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • OTHER NAMES: RIDGE CLAIMS GTR NOS.1-18. THE LATTER NAME IS AN ALTERNATE ON 0060150116 (CAM LATERITE EXTENSION). IN NICKEL LATERITE INVESTIGATIONS IN NORTHERN DEL NORTE COUNTY, DEPOSIT REPORT BY RIDENOUR. METAL CONTENT: 0.40 WT.PCT.NI, 0.05 WT.PCT.CO, AND 2.1 WPT.PCT.CR. DR INCLUDES JUDY AJWNOS 1-5, FORMERLY MAS SEQ NO. 0060150249 LAT- N415545, LON-W1235834, RAW PROSPECT.
  • IT IS NOT SPECIFICALLY KNOWN IN WHAT FORM THE NICKEL AND COBALT OCCUR IN THE ORE, BUT RECENT RESEARCH INDICATES THAT THEY MAY BE A SIGNIFICANT PART OF THE GOETHITE LATTICIE. RESOURCE ESTIMATES DEVELOPED IN-HOUSE 1979.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Geology

    CATER, F.W.,1952, USGS BULL, 995-C, 133P.

  • Geology

    ROWE, W.A., 1976, GEOLOGY OF THE NICKEL MOUNTAIN MINE,

  • Geology

    RIDDLE, OREGON: PAPER PRESENTED AT THE SME-AIME FALL MTNG,

  • Geology

    SEPT 1976, DENVER, COLORADO.

  • Geology

    CUMBERLIDGE, J.T., 1968, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES,

  • Geology

    GRATON-SALES, V.2, 2ND ED., AIME, NEW YORK, P. 1650-1672

  • Geology

    CHANDRA, DHANESH, 1976, USBM OFR 95-76, 58 P

  • Deposit

    BRIGHT, J.H., 1957, REPORT OF MINE EXAMINATION, RIDGE NICKEL

  • Deposit

    CLAIMS, DEL NORTE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CONFIDENTIAL COMPANY

  • Deposit

    REPORT, UNION CARBIDE CORP., 12 P

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-JUL-1993 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

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