Red Hill Lookout

Occurrence in Plumas county in California, United States with commodity Nickel
Sections on this page
  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. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033780
MRDS ID M020425
Record type Site
Current site name Red Hill Lookout

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.17383, 40.03737 (WGS84)
Relative position 16 MI. TO BELDON BY PAVED AND UNGRADED DIRT ROADS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Plumas(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Caribou(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lake Almanor(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Susanville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

East Branch 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 Plumas

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 025N 007E 10,11 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nickel Critical Tertiary

Analytical data

Result SURFACE SAMPLE ASSAYED 0.25 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) -121.17383, 40.03737

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: 20 ACRES OF RED LATERITIC SOIL OCCURS AS ISOLATED PATCHES, HAS AVERAGE THICKNESS OF LESS THAN 2 FT., AND IS UNDERLAIN BY SERPENTINIZED PERIDOTITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Open Land In Plumas National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    BURNETT, JOHN L. AND JENNINGS, CHARLES W., 1962 , GEOLOGIC MAP OF CALIF. OLAF P. JENKINS EDITION, CHICO SHEET: CALIF. D.O.M. SCALE 1:250,000

  • 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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative California resources

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