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Sugar Pine

Occurrence in Placer county in California, United States with commodity Nickel
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Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033779
MRDS ID M020424
Record type Site
Current site name Sugar Pine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.76186, 39.09322 (WGS84)
Relative position 8 MI TO FORESTHILL BY PAVED AND GRADED DIRT ROADS.
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Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Placer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 015N;014N 011E;011E 29,30,31,32;04,05,06,08,09 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM APPROX. LOC.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nickel Tertiary

Analytical data

Result SURFACE SAMPLES ASSAY 0.28 PERCENT NICKEL

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.76186, 39.09322
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Ore body information

  • Thickness 6.1M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: AREA IS UNDERLAIN ENTIRELY BY PERIDOTITE, WHICH HAS BEEN ALTERED TO SERPENTINITE. SERPENTINITE IS MANTLED BY WELL DEVELOPED NICKEL-BEARING RED LATERITIC SOIL. THE ORE BODY HERE IS SAID TO RANGE BETWEEN 500 AND 1000 ACRES, AND IS AS MUCH AS 20 FT. DEEP.

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1945

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Forest Service (Surface Rights), Capitol Co. (Mineral Rights-A Subsidiary Of Tra

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS M020424

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    RYNEARSON, GARN A., 1953 , CHROMITE DEPOSITS IN THE N. SIERRA NEVADA, CALIF. (PLACER, NEVADA, SIERRA, YUBA, BUTTE AND PLUMAS COUNTIES): CALIF. D.O.M. BULL. 134 , PT. 111 , CH. 5 , PP. 171 - 323

  • Deposit

    CHESTERMAN, C.W., 1976 , WRITTEN COMMUNICATION

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: SMALL AMOUNT OF CHROMITE MINED IN MIDDLE 1940'S, NICKEL IDENTIFIED IN LATE 1950'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1978 Killman, K.; Albers, J. U.S. Geological Survey