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Venice Hills

Occurrence in Tulare 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 10033793
MRDS ID M020438
Record type Site
Current site name Venice Hills
Related records 10117246

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.17428, 36.38468 (WGS84)
Relative position A GROUP OF PROMINENT HILLS RISE TO A MAXIMUM ELEVATION OF 869 . HILLS ARE ABOUT 2 MI. E. FROM IVANHOE, EASILY ACCESSIBLE VIA PAVED HIGHWAY AND UNIMPROVED DIRT ROADS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tulare(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ivanhoe(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Visalia(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Fresno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Tulare Lake Bed(hydrologic unit)

Tulare-Buena Vista Lakes(hydrologic accounting unit)

Tulare-Buena Vista Lakes(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Tulare

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 018S 026E 04,05,08 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nickel Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Garnierite Ore

Analytical data

Result SURFACE AND SUBSURFACE ASSAYS RANGE FROM 0.18 TO 1.08 PERCENT NICKEL.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.17428, 36.38468
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: N. PART OF VENICE HILLS IS UNDERLAIN BY ALTERED SERPENTINITE WHICH IS CAPPED BY RESIDUAL JASPEROID AND SILICA BOXWORK. BENEATH CAPPING IS EXTENSIVE ZONE OF LATERITE WHOSE THICKNESS RANGES FROM FEW TENS OF FT. TO AS MUCH AS 100 FT. METAVOLCANIC ROCKS AND MINOR METACHERT COMPRISE 5 , PART OF VENICE HILLS. VEINS OF CHRYSOPRASE AND GARNIERITE OCCUR IN SILICEOUS CAPPING, AND GARNIERITE WAS FOUND TO BE WIDELY DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT ALTERED (LATERITIZED) SERPENTINITE. GARNIERITE VEINS RANGE IN THICKNESS FROM FRACTURE FILLINGS TO TWO INCHES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Robert L. Goldsmith, 17410 Millwood Dr., Visalia, Ca.; Mrs. Sam B. Newman, 30001 - Rd. 162 , Visalia

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    GOLDSMITH, R.I., 1975 ( 1968 - 70 ), PRIVATE COMMUNICATION

  • Deposit

    GOODWIN, J. GRANT, 1958 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF TULARE COUNTY, CALIF: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 54 , NO. 3 , PP. 340 - 346

  • Deposit

    CHESTERMAN, C.W., WRITTEN COMMUNICATION, 1976

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GEM QUALITY CHRYSOPRASE OBTAINED FROM ALTERED SERPENTINITE IN AREA, IN EARLY 1900'S. GARNIERITE IN ASSOCIATION WITH CHRYSOPRASE DISCOVERED IN MIDDLE 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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