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Mountain House Area

Occurrence in Butte 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033758
MRDS ID M020403
Record type Site
Current site name Mountain House Area

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.32077, 39.70349 (WGS84)
Relative position LESS THAN 0.5 MI FROM MOUNTAIN HOUSE, A HISTORIC PLACE IN BUTTE COUNTY, AND 20 MI. VIA PAVED HIGHWAY FROM BIDWELL BAR.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Butte(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Brush Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

North 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 Butte

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 021N 006E 04,05 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nickel Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • FIELD TESTS WITH DIMETHYLGLYOXIME FAILED TO INDICATE ANY MORE THAN A TRACE OF NICKEL.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.32077, 39.70349
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: AREA UNDERLAIN BY SERPENTINITE AND AMPHIBOLITE, AND 20 ACRES OF TAN-COLORED LATERITIC SOIL HAS DEVELOPED UPON SERPENTINITE. SERPENTINITE IS LOCALLY METAMORPHOSED TO TALC SCHIST. DEPTH OF LATERITIC SOIL IS UNKNOWN.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1957

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Open Land, And Minor Privately Owned Land

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    CHESTERMAN, C. W., 1976 , WRITTEN COMMUNICATION

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1978 Killman, K.; Albers, J. U.S. Geological Survey

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