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Red Mountain Laterite

Prospect in Mendocino county in California, United States with commodities Chromium, Cobalt, 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10140214
MAS/MILS ID 0060450137
Record type Site
Current site name Red Mountain Laterite
Alternate or previous names Red Mountain Nickel Laterite, Little Red Mountain Nickel Laterite

Comments on the site names

  • OTHER NAMES:LITTLE RED MNT. NI LATERITE; RED MNT. NI LATERITE.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -123.67112, 39.90985 (WGS84)
Elevation 1243
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mendocino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Noble Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Covelo(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ukiah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Eel(hydrologic unit)

Northern California Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(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 Mendocino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 024 N 016 W 19 SWNWSE California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Tertiary
Cobalt Critical Primary
Nickel Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Goethite Unknown
Montmorillonite Unknown

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 0.5M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 OTHER
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Shape of Orebody #2 OTHER
    Primary mode of Origin OXIDATION
    Secondary mode of Origin RESIDUAL CONCENT
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Secondary Ore Control OTHER
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Minimum Depth to Top .3
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. .5
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. .3
    Date of Last Modification 810303
  • Area 500HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 500
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT IS A LATERITE AND, AS SUCH, IS RESIDUAL.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1955

Mining district

District name Little Red Mountain Area

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim
Type of mineral rights Private Lease
Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category Mixed

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Hanna Mining Co.
    Interest 100
    Home office Ohio
    Year 1979

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESOURCE ESTIMATES DEVELOPED IN-HOUSE 1979.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 500HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method BENCH (BERM)
    Swell Factor .86
    Percent Waste Rock 37.5
    Avg. Overburden Thickness .3
    Hardness of Ore SAND, SILT
    Avg. Bench Height (meters) 5
    Max. Pit Slope (degrees) 35
    Capacity 7400
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Preprod. Stripping Vol. 150
    Unit Production Cost 2.39
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 300
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1979

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    SIEMENS,R.E., AND J.D. CORRICE. PROCESS OF THE RECOVERY

  • Production

    OF NICKEL AND COBALT FROM LOW-GRADE DOMESTIC LATERITES.

  • Production

    MINING CONGRESS JOURNAL, V 63D, NO 1, 1977, P 27-34.

  • Production

    SIEMENS, R.E., P.C. GOOD, AND W.A. STICKNEY.

  • Production

    RECOVERY OF NICKEL AND COBALT FROM LOW-GRADE DOMESTIC

  • Production

    LATERITES. BUMINES REPT. OF INVEST. 8027, 1975, 14 PP.

  • Deposit

    BRADLEY, W.W., E.H. HUGUENIN, C.A. LOGAN, W.B. TUCKER AND

  • Deposit

    C.A. WANING. MANGANESE AND CHROMIUM IN CALIFORNIA.

  • Deposit

    CAL. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. BULL. 76, 1918, P. 151-154

  • Deposit

    CAL. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. GEOLOGIC MAP OF CALIFORNIA,

  • Deposit

    UKIAH SHEET, SCALE 1:250,000, 1964.

  • Deposit

    CAL. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. TWENTY-FIFTH REPORT OF THE STATE

  • Deposit

    MINERALOGIST, V 25, NO 4, 1929, P-462.

  • Deposit

    CUMBERLIDGE, J.T., AND F.M. CHACE. GEOLOGY OF THE NICKEL

  • Deposit

    MOUNTAIN MINE, RIDDLE, OREGON, -IN- ORE DEPOSITS IN

  • Deposit

    THE UNITED STATES, V 2, 3D ED., 1968, AIME, NEW YORK,

  • Deposit

    P 1650-1672.

  • Deposit

    DOW, D.H., AND T.P. THAYER. GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS OF

  • Deposit

    CHROMITE IN CALIFORNIA, PART 2-COAST RANGE, CHAPT 1:

  • Deposit

    CAL. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. BULL. 134, 1946, P 17-19.

  • Deposit

    SINGMASTER AND BREYER, INC. NICKEL RECOVERY FROM WESTERN

  • Deposit

    SOURCES, TASK I REPORT, TECHNICAL AND ECONOMIC

  • Deposit

    EVALUATION. PREPARED FOR THE DEPT. OF INTERIOR,

  • Deposit

    BUMINES, CONTRACT NO J0255007, 1975, 138 PP.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-JUL-93 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

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