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Pine Flat Bench

Occurrence in Del Norte 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. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033771
MRDS ID M020416
Record type Site
Current site name Pine Flat Bench

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.98005, 41.9826 (WGS84)
Relative position ON A GENTLE SLOPE OF ABOUT 12 DEGREES ON THE E. SIDE OF PINE FLAT MTN., BETWEEN 1500 AND 2000 FT. IN ELEVATION ABOVE SEA LEVEL. AREA IS TRAVERSED BY WIMER ROAD AND IS ABOUT 13 MI. BY PAVED AND GRADED DIRT ROADS FROM SMITH RIVER, CALIF.

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 018N 002E 05,06 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nickel Critical Tertiary

Analytical data

Result SOIL SAMPLES AVERAGE 0.69 PERCENT NICKEL

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.98005, 41.9826
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: AREA IS A SMALL DOWN-FAULTED BLOCK OFF E. SIDE OF PINE FLAT MTN. FRESH AND SERPENTINIZED PERIDOTITE CROP OUT WHEREVER LATERITE HAS BEEN ERODED AWAY. DEPTH OF LATERITE UNKNOWN.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1952

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Rare Metals Corp.
    Home office Salt Lake City, Ut.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BENSON, W.T., 1963 , PINE FLAT AND DIAMOND FLAT NICKEL-BEARING LATERITE DEPOSITS, DEL NORTE COUNTY, CALIF: U.S.B.M. REPT. INV. 6206

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    CATER, FRED W. JR., AND WELLS, FRANCIS G., 1953 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF GASQUET QUAD, CALIF.-ORE: U.S.G.S. BULL. 995-C

  • Deposit

    WELLS, F.G., CATER, F.W. JR., AND RYNEARSON G.A., 1946 , CHROMITE DEPOSITS OF DEL NORTE COUNTY, CALIF: CALIF. D.O.M. BULL. 134 , PT. 1 , CH. 1

  • Deposit

    5) CHESTERMAN, C.W., 1976 , WRITTEN COMMUNICATION.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: EARLY 1950'S

Reporter information

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

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