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Nickel Plate Mine

Past Producer in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver
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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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10236985
MRDS ID M023696
MAS/MILS ID 0060710151
Record type Site
Current site name Nickel Plate Mine
Alternate or previous names Nickel Plate
Related records 10035793

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -114.27749, 34.27424 (WGS84)
Elevation 378
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Whipple Wash(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Parker(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Needles(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Imperial Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California San Bernardino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 002 N 026 E 08 NENWSW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Secondary
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysocolla Unknown
Hematite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -114.27749, 34.27424
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SHEAR ZONE
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin OXIDATION
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Secondary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SERICITIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 PROPYLITIC
    Date of Last Modification 830316

Comments on the geologic information

  • COUNTRY ROCK IS A HIGHLY-FRACTURED, CHLORITIC GNEISS IN FALUT CONTACT WITH TERTIARY VOLCANIC AND SEDIMENTARY ROCKS. MINERALIZED ZONES ARE ALTERED QUARTZ MONZONITES CONTAINING QUARTZ, FELDSPARS, HEMATITE, SERICITE, WITH TRACE AMOUNTS OF MUSCOVITE, CHLORITE, ILMENITE, MAGNETITE, LEUCOXENE, SPHENE, LIMONITE, ADATITE, AND ZIRCON.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MATRIX NO. 1 REPRESENTS TONNAGE AND GRADE COMPUTED FROM THE EASTERNMOST OF TWO ZONES DEVELOPED IN THE MINE. MATRIX NO. 2 REPRESENTS TONNAGE AND GRADE COMPUTED FROM THE WESTERNMOST OF TWO ZONES DEVELOPED IN THE MINE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 49, 1953, TABULATED LIST,

  • Deposit

    NO. 151, P. 49-50.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 29-82, 1982, APPENDIX

  • Deposit

    A, NO. 32, P. 32.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 39-85, 1985, P. 36-41.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 50-87, 1987, APPENDIX

  • Deposit

    B, NO. 33, P. 97.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS PROPERTY WAS INVESTIGATED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE WHIPPLE MOUNTAINS WILDERNESS STUDY AREA (BLM) IN 1980. BACKUP INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND IN THE WFOC MINERAL PROPERTY FILES. U.S. BUR. MINES STATISTICAL FILES SHOW PRODUCTION FOR THE YEARS 1929, 1932, 1933, AND 1941.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 31-MAR-1991 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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