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Red Mountain, Red Mtn. Meadow, South Red Mtn

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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033773
MRDS ID M020418
Record type Site
Current site name Red Mountain, Red Mtn. Meadow, South Red Mtn

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.89309, 41.51427 (WGS84)
Relative position ATOP N.W. TRENDING RIDGE IN THE SIX RIVERS NATIONAL FOREST, 13 MI. TO KLAMATH GLEN BY PAVED AND GRADED DIRT ROADS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Del Norte(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Klamath Glen(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Happy Camp(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Weed(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Klamath(hydrologic unit)

Klamath(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 013N;013N 002E;003E 11,12,13,14,24;18,19,30 California

Comments on the location information

  • RIDGE HAS SURFACE OF LOW RELIEF, BUT BELOW 4000 FT. CONTOUR THE SLOPES STEEPEN TO AS MUCH AS 1800 FT. PER MI., UTM APPROX. LOC.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nickel Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Garnierite Ore

Analytical data

Result GRAB SAMPLE WITH THIN VEINLETS OF GARNIERITE CONTAINED 3.00 PERCENT NICKEL.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.89309, 41.51427
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: AREA IS UNDERLAIN BY PERIDOTITE AND MINOR AMOUNTS OF DUNITE. LOCALLY THESE ULTRAMAFIC ROCKS HAVE BEEN SERPENTINIZED AND HIGH ON THE RIDGE, ESPECIALLY ABOVE THE 4000 FT. CONTOUR IN AN AREA SURROUNDING THE LOOKOUT, OCCURS A LATERITE MANTLE. LATERITE IS REDDISH-BROWN, VERY ROCKY AND PROBABLY NO MORE THAN 3 FT. IN DEPTH. THIN VEINLETS OF GARNIERITE WERE FOUND.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1952

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Elmer Wilson, Et Al.
    Home office Eureka, Ca..

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • 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

    IRWIN, WILLIAM P., 1960 , GEOLOGIC RECONNAISSANCE OF THE N. COAST RANGES AND KLAMATH MOUNTAINS, CALIF: CALIF. D.O.M. BULL. 179

  • Deposit

    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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