Mine detail: Cottonwood Canyon Nickel Deposit

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

39.99657, -117.91318

Resource(M)

Primary:	Cobalt, Nickel
Tertiary:	Copper
Ore:	Annabergite
Gangue:	Albite, Quartz
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1882

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	1882-1890; 1904-1907
First production started:	1882
Last production ended:	1907

Geology

Host type:	Gabbro,Andesite,Granite
Associated rock:	Humboldt Gabbroic Complex
Associated type:	Gabbro,Andesite,Granite
Structure:	Regional Folding With Fold Axes Plunging West And Northwest., N-Trending Normal Fault.
Alteration processes:	Albitization; Silicification; Alteration Of Primary Ore Minerals To Chloanthite And Annabergite.

References

MRDS	W000701
DEP	10067838
Reference	{Deposit:: FERGUSON, H.G., 1939, UNIV. NEVADA, RENO, BULL. 33, NO. 5.}{Deposit:: RANSOME, F.L., 1909, USGS BULL 414}{Deposit:: WILLDEN,R. AND SPEED, R.C., 1974, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF CHURCHILL CO., NEV.: NBMG BULL 83}{Deposit:: VANDERBURG, W.O., 1940, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN CHURCHILL CO., NEV: USBM I.C. 7093.}{Production:: VANDERBURG, W.O. (1940); FERGUSON, H.G.,(1939).}
Reporter	La Pointe, D. D., Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.)