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Gasquet Laterite

Prospect in Del Norte county in California, United States with commodities Chromium, Cobalt, Copper, Magnesite, Manganese, Nickel, Zinc
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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. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10284620
MRDS ID W000357
MAS/MILS ID 0060150008
Record type Site
Current site name Gasquet Laterite
Related records 10067572, 10235514

Comments on the site names

  • CONTAINS AREAS ON GASQUET MTN CONTROLLED BY CALIFORNIA NICKEL CORP, A SUBSID. OF NI-CAL DEVELOPMENTS LTD. SOME OF SURROUNDING LATERITES ARE: JUDY, DAN, CAM, CAM EXT., AND LOWER ELK CAMP RIDGE.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -123.9849, 41.8817 (WGS84)
Elevation 100
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Del Norte(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

High Plateau Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Happy Camp(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Weed(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Smith(hydrologic unit)

Northern California Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Six Rivers 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 Del Norte

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Humboldt 017 N 001 E 24 C S2SW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary
Cobalt Critical Primary
Copper Secondary
Magnesite Primary
Manganese Critical Secondary
Nickel Critical Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcedony Unknown
Chromite Unknown
Garnierite Unknown
Goethite Unknown
Hematite Unknown
Limonite Unknown
Montmorillonite Unknown
Serpentine Unknown
Talc Unknown
Wad Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -123.9849, 41.8817
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 4M
    Area 1100HA
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 OTHER
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin OXIDATION
    Secondary mode of Origin RESIDUAL CONCENT
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Secondary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 1100
    Date of Last Modification 841002

Comments on the geologic information

  • LATERITE SHOULD BE A MINERAL ENTRY; IT IS PROCESSED FOR COMMODITY CONTENT. SAPROLITE SHOULD BE A MINERAL ENTRY; IT IS PROCESSED FOR COMMODITY CONTENT. RECENT RESEARCH INDICATES MOST OF THE NICKEL (AND PRESUMABLY THE COBALT) IS INCLUDED IN THE GOETHITE LATTICE. NICKEL AND COBALT ARE RELEASED FROM THE PARENT MINERALS AND RECOMBINED IN THE IRON OXIDES. OLIVINE IS THE PROBABLE SOURCE OF NICKEL. SOURCE OF COBALT IS UNKNOWN.
  • UNSPEC SEDIMENTARY FOR LACK OF AN APPROPRIATE ENTRY FOR LATERITE. LATERITIC SOIL COMPOSED OF HYDROUS FE-OXIDES, CLAY MINERALS, WAD, AND POSSIBLE GARNIERITE WITH RESIDUAL SILICA AND CHROMITE. SAPROLITE, THE CLAY-RICH WEATHERED HOST ROCK, IS A SIGNIFICANT, BUT VARIABLE, PERCENTAGE OF THE RESOURCE. CANNOT BE ENTERED IN L DATA SET. THE SHAPE OF THE LATERITE AREAS IS GENERALLY TABULAR, BOTTOM IS HIGHLY IRREGULAR.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Plant type Leach
Plant subcategory Hydromet
Milling method Hydrometallurgy Unspecified

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner California Nickel Corp
    Interest 90
    Home office California
    Year 1984
  • Type Owner
    Owner Cook International, Inc.
    Interest 10
    Year 1984

Comments on the ownership information

  • CALIFORNIA NICKEL CORP. IS A SUBSIDIARY OF NI-CAL DEVELOPMENTS LTD. (A CANADIAN FIRM).

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • AN ADDITIONAL 6.6 MMT RESOURCES ARE CONSIDERED POSSIBLE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 1465HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method BENCH (BERM)
    Swell Factor .8
    Percent Waste Rock 50
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 0
    Hardness of Ore SAND, SILT
    Avg. Bench Height (meters) 2
    Max. Pit Slope (degrees) 45
    Capacity 9670
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Preprod. Stripping Vol. 83365
    Unit Production Cost 2.7
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 305
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1978

Comments on other economic factors

  • THE AVERAGE MINE OUTPUT NEEDED TO SUPPLY THE MILL IS 3934 T/D OF SCREENED AND DRIED MATERIAL. ACTUAL RUN-OF-MINE MATERIAL TO BE STOCKPILED WILL BE 9670 T/D.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Geology

    HOTZ, P.E.; NICKELIFEROUS LATERITES IN SOUTHWEST OREGON AND NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA; ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, VOL 59, NO 3, P 355-396, MAY 1964.

  • Production

    PHILLIPS, T.A.; AN ECONOMIC AND TECHNICAL EVALUATION OF A PROPOSED TECHNIQUE TO RECOVER A CHROMIUM CONCENTRATE FROM LATERITE PROCESSING RESIDUE; USBM PROCESS EVALUATION STAFF, 19 P, APRIL 1980

  • Reserve-Resource

    CALIFORNIA NICKEL CORP. (PETE STROUD); PERSONAL COMMUNICATION ON RESOURCE CALCULATIONS; JULY 24, 1979.

  • Reserve-Resource

    PERSONAL COMMUNICATION ON RESOURCE CALCULATIONS;

  • Deposit

    CAL-NICKEL CORP., THE GASQUET MTN NICKEL, COBALT, CHROMIUM PROJECT, UNPUBLISHED, 1979, 14 P.

  • Deposit

    CAL-NICKEL CORP., REVISED OPERATIONAL MINE PLAN, GASQUET MTN PROJECT, MARCH 17, 1982.

  • Deposit

    APPLING,R.N.,JR; A RECONNAISSANCE OF NICKEL DEPOSITS OF SOUTHWEST OREGON AND NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA; USBM INTERIM REPORT, 1955.

  • Deposit

    CONDENSED FACT SHEET, APRIL, 1983.

  • Deposit

    COUNTY OF DEL NORTE, CALIF., AND U.S. FOREST SERVICE, DRAFT

  • Deposit

    RICE,S.J.; NICKEL -IN- MINERAL COMMODITIES OF CALIFORNIA; CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES BULLETIN 176, P 391-399, 1957.

  • Deposit

    ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT/ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT GASQUET MTN PROJECT, DEL NORTE CO., CALIF., CALIFORNIA NICKEL CORPORATION, UNDATED.

  • Deposit

    MCKINNEY, HOWARD, U.S. BUMINES PEFR ON GASQUET LATERITE, OCT 1980.

  • Deposit

    NEW MEXICO PAVDIRT, CALIF. NICKEL-COBALT PROJECT SEEKS AIR FORCE CONTRACT, DEC., 1983, P. 24A AND 25A.

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL, NI-CAL PLANS DEMONSTRATION PLANT, FEB 27, 1984.

  • Deposit

    CALIFORNIA MINING JOURNAL, $300 MILLION COBALT MINE TO OPEN IN CALIFORNIA, JULY, 1983, P. 38.

  • Deposit

    E & MJ, BRITISH COLUMBIA-NI-CAL DEVELOPMENTS OF VANCOUVER, B.C..., FEB. 17, 1984, P. 8.

  • Deposit

    AMERICAN METAL MARKET, PENTAGON CASH INFUSION SEEN RESURRECTING COBALT PROJECTS, MAY 3, 1984.

  • Deposit

    THE (PORTLAND) OREGONIAN, U.S. CLOSES NICKEL-COBALT MINE, APRIL 18, 1984.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE PROPERTY NAME -GASQUET LATERITE- DESCRIBES THE LATERITE AREAS ON GASQUET MTN AND HIGH DIVIDE CONTROLLED BY CALIFORNIA NICKEL CORP. LOCATION IS POINT OF ENTRY TO PROPERTY, AT TURNOFF FROM US HIGHWAY 199, WEST OF GASQUET, CA. *** UPDATE 5/27/87 *** ACCORDING TO A TELEPHONE CONVERSATION WITH MR. TODD LLOYD OF CAL-NICKEL, THE STATE WATER QUALITY BOARD WILL NOT ISSUE A PERMIT FOR THE PILOT PLANT. THEREFORE PLANS FOR OPENING AND OPERATING EITHER THE MINE OR MILL ARE ON HOLD. CAL-NICKEL WILL MAINTAIN THEIR CLAIMS, AND WHEN THE PRICE OF NICKEL GOES UP TO APPROPRIATE LEVELS WILL ONCE AGAIN ATTEMPT AN OPERATION AT THIS LOCATION. ***

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 17-FEB-95 Avery, Dale U.S. Bureau of Mines
Updater 07-JAN-11 Causey, J. Douglas U.S. Geological Survey Updated minor information

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