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Rattlesnake Mountain - Little Rattlesnake Mountain Ni-Co deposit, Pigeon Roost Spring, Pigeon Roost, Klamath Mountains, Del Norte County, California, USAi
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Rattlesnake Mountain - Little Rattlesnake Mountain Ni-Co depositDeposit
Pigeon Roost SpringSpring
Pigeon RoostMountain
Klamath MountainsMountain Range
Del Norte CountyCounty
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
41° 39' 54'' North , 123° 57' 26'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
41.66500,-123.95722
GRN:
N28W67
Type:
Deposit
Köppen climate type:
Csb : Warm-summer Mediterranean climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Klamath779 (2011)16.8km
Hiouchi301 (2011)17.1km
Bertsch-Oceanview2,436 (2011)19.3km
Gasquet661 (2011)20.1km
Crescent City6,774 (2017)22.7km
Mindat Locality ID:
74724
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:74724:7
GUID (UUID V4):
0


A Ni-Co occurrence located 1.0 km (3,400 feet) E of Pigeon Roost Spring in the Rattlesnake Mountain - Little Rattlesnake Mountain area.

Mineralization is hosted in peridotite and dunite.

Reserve-Resource data are found in: An unpublished Ni-Co report.

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References

Bright, J.H. 1974 ( 1958 ), private communication to the USGS staff.
Unspecified, unpublished Ni-Co report.
Wells, F.G., Cater, F.W., and Rynearson, G.A. (1946), Chromite deposits of Del Norte County, California: California Division Mines Bulletin 134, part 1, chapter 1: 1-76.
Irwin, W.P. (1960) Geologic reconnaissance of the northern Coast Ranges and Klamath Mountains, California; with a Summary of the Mineral Resources; California Division of Mines Bulletin 179, 80 pp.
Hotz, P.E. (1966), Nickel in Mineral and Water Resources of California: U.S. Senate document, 89th. Congress, 2nd. Session: 281.
Chesterman, C. W. (1976), written communication to USGS staff.
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