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Shell Canyon, Coyote Mtn.

Occurrence in Imperial 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033778
MRDS ID M020422
Record type Site
Current site name Shell Canyon, Coyote Mtn.
Related records 10260582

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.02, 32.80563 (WGS84)
Relative position IN FOSSIL CANYON, ON THE S. SIDE OF THE COYOTE MTNS., 6 MI. N. OF OCOTILLO, VIA PAVED AND UNIMPROVED DIRT ROADS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Imperial(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Carrizo Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

El Cajon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Diego(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Salton Sea(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southern Mojave-Salton Sea(hydrologic subregion)

California(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 Imperial

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 016S 009E 02,03,11 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nickel Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Garnierite Ore

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS RANGE BETWEEN 0.14 AND 1.99 PERCENT NICKEL, AVERAGING 0.66 PERCENT NICKEL

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.02, 32.80563
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: 3 PRINCIPAL MAPPABLE UNITS UNDERLIE AREA: (1) PERIDOTITE, MAINLY SERPENTINIZED OLIVINE AND ENSTATITE, (2) QUARTZ DIORITE, AND (3) LAYERED BENTONITIC CLAYSAND SANDSTONE OF MARINE MIOCENE IMPERIAL FORMATION. SERPENTINIZED PERIDOTITE AND QUARTZ DIORITE WERE INTRUDED BY SIMPLE PEGMATITE BODIES. 3 FAULTS WHICH MAY HAVE LOCALIZED NICKEL MINERALIZATION OCCUR IN AREA, AND FORM BOUNDARIES BETWEEN 3 UNITS. NICKEL OCCURS IN BASIC INTRUSIVE PERIDOTITES WHICH INTRUDE INTO METASEDIMENTARY ROCKS. FRACTURES AND NEARLY VERTICAL FAULTS IN PERIDOTITES ARE LOCI OF ACCUMULATION OF SECONDARY IRON MINERALS, AND SOME PALE BLUE SECONDARY NICKEL MINERALS INCLUDING GARNIERITE AND MORENOSITE. METASEDIMENTS OCCUR ALONG N.E. SIDE OF ELSMORE FAULT ZONE FOR ABOUT 9 MI. IN COYOTE MTNS. PERIDOTITE IN MINERALIZED ZONE IS HIGHLY ALTERED.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Ross, Minnie And Lloyd O'Callaghan, Ocotillo, Ca.; (2) Toilmon Roark Of

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    MERRILL, F.J.H., 1915 , 14TH REPT. STATE MINERALOGIST, P. 732

  • Deposit

    RICE, S.J., 1961 , ( 1957 ), PRIVATE COMMUNICATION.

  • Deposit

    TROXEL, B.W., AND WEBER, F.H., 1975 ( 1956 ), PRIVATE COMMUNICATION.

Reporter information

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

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