Mine detail: Chanchelulla Peak

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

40.45374, -122.985

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper, Nickel
Tertiary:	Platinum, Palladium, Rhodium
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Pentlandite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
Orebody form:	SULFIDE-BEARING ZONE AT MARGIN OF INTRUSION

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host type:	Dunite,Pyroxenite,Clinopyroxenite
Associated rock:	Wildwood Pluton (Host Formation);Ironside Mountain Batholith-Monzodiorite, Minor Gabbro And Pyroxenite
Associated type:	Gabbro,Peridotite
Tectonic:	Hayfork Terrane Of Western Paleozoic And Triassic Belt, Klamath Mountains Accreted Terrane

References

MRDS	MP00049
DEP	10048462
Reference	GRAY, FLOYD, PAGE, N.J, CARLSON, C.A., WILSON, S.A., AND CARLSON, R.R., 1986, PLATINUM-GROUP ELEMENT GEOCHEMISTRY OF ZONED ULTRAMAFIC INTRUSIVE SUITES, KLAMATH MOUNTAINS, CALIFORNIA AND OREGON: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 81, P. 1252-1260
Reporter	Peterson, Jocelyn A.