Mine detail: Rough and Ready Laterite

Previously called 'Rough and Ready Nickel Group'

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Location

Lat / long: 42.08232, -123.74695

Resource(M)

Primary: Nickel
Secondary: Chromium, Cobalt
Tertiary: Iron
Other material: Chalcedony, Chlorite, Chromite, Diaspore, Enstatite, Garnierite, Gibbsite, Goethite, Ilmenite, Kaolinite, Limonite, Magnetite, Montmorillonite, Nontronite, Serpentine, Spinel, Talc
Discovery year: 1953

Production

Operation type: Surface
Development status: Prospect

Geology

References

MRDSM015587
MAS410330452
DEP10201620
Reference{Deposit:: OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. MISC. PAPER 20, 1978,}{Deposit:: P. 35-36.}{Deposit:: OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 100, 1979, P. 37.}{Reserve-Resource:: WILLIAMS, J.F. AND LINDSEY, D.S., NICKEL DEPOSITS IN THE}{Reserve-Resource:: WESTERN UNITED STATES (A REPORT AND APPRAISAL FOR}{Reserve-Resource:: RALPH C. KIRBY, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR - METALLURGY);}{Reserve-Resource:: USBM REPORT, JANUARY 1978.}{Reserve-Resource:: *CONFIDENTIAL DATA*}
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