Mine detail: Red Mountain Laterite

Previously called 'Red Mountain Nickel LateriteLittle Red Mountain Nickel Laterite'

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Location: Mendocino County, California, United States, North America
Lat / long: 39.90985, -123.67112
dep_id: 10140214
mas_id: 60450137
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Cobalt, Nickel
Trace mineral: Chromium
Operation type: Unknown
Development status: Prospect
other_matl: Goethite, Montmorillonite
work_type: Surface
Reporter: Ridenour, James
disc_yr: 1955
References:
  • 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.
  • 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.
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