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Rock Creek

Occurrence in Plumas 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 10033783
MRDS ID M020428
Record type Site
Current site name Rock Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.02743, 39.91349 (WGS84)
Relative position 7 MI. TO QUINCY BY PAVED AND GRADED DIRT ROADS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Plumas(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Meadow Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chico(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 024N;024N 008E;009E 25;30 California

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED IN E 1/2 SECTION 25 , AND W 1/2 SECTION 30

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nickel Critical Tertiary

Analytical data

Result SURFACE SAMPLE ASSAYED 0.18 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) -121.02743, 39.91349
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: 80 ACRES OF NICKEL-BEARING RED LATERITIC SOIL, PERHAPS LESS THAN 3 FT. IN AVERAGE DEPTH, LIES UPON PARTLY SERPENTINIZED PERIDOTITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1957

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Openland

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: CALIF. D.O.M. AND GEOL., SCALE 1:250,000

  • Deposit

    RYNEARSON, GARN A., 1953 , CHROMITE DEPOSITS IN THE N. SIERRA NEVADA, CALIF. (PLACER, NEVADA, SIERRA) BULL. 134 , PT. 111 , CH. 5 , P. 285 - 299

  • Deposit

    CHESTERMAN, C. W., 1976 , WRITTEN COMMUNICATION

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: NICKEL IDENTIFIED LATE 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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