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Clipper Mills

Occurrence in Butte 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. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033794
MRDS ID M020439
Record type Site
Current site name Clipper Mills
Related records 10138453

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.17604, 39.52655 (WGS84)
Elevation 314
Relative position ON A RIDGE BETWEEN THE N. FORK OF THE YUBA RIVER, AND THE S. FORK OF THE FEATHER RIVER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Butte(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Clipper Mills(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Fork Feather(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Butte

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 019N 007E 02,03,09,10 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM APPROX. LOC.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nickel Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Actinolite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Talc Gangue

Analytical data

Result SURFACE SAMPLE CONTAINED 0.17 PERCENT NI

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.17604, 39.52655
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: LATERITIC RESIDUAL SOIL OCCURS ON N.E. TRENDING RIDGE UNDERLAIN BY SEVERAL N.W. TRENDING BELTS OF SERPENTINITE, AMPHIBOLITE (METAVOLCANIC ROCK) AND SEDIMENTARY UNITS OF CARBONIFEROUS CALAVERAS FORMATION. AMPHIBOLITE INCLUDES HORNBLENDE SCHIST, METADIORITE, META-ANDESITE, AND METAPYROXENITE, ALL OF WHICH SHOW SOME DEGREE OF SCHISTOSITY AND FOLIATION. SERPENTINITE, PROBABLY DERIVED FROM PERIDOTITE AND PYROXENITE, CONTAINS TALC AND MINOR CHLORITE AND ACTINOLITE. CALAVERAS FORMATION HERE HAS METAMORPHOSED TO SLATE, QUARTZITE AND MARBLE. 80 ACRES OF RESIDUAL LTERITIC SOIL WAS DERIVED MAINLY FROM SERPENTINITE, RANGING RED TO TAN IN COLOR. THICKNESS UNKNOWN

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1955

Mining district

District name Woodleaf Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Open Land Subject To Jurisdiction Of U.S. Forest Service And Ownership By Local Residents

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    TURNER, H. W., 1898 , BIDWELL BAR FOLIO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOOGICAL ATLAS OF U.S., FOLIO 43 , 12 P.

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 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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