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Cottonwood Canyon Nickel Deposit

Past Producer in Churchill county in Nevada, United States with commodities Cobalt, Nickel, Copper
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Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067838
MRDS ID W000701
Record type Site
Current site name Cottonwood Canyon Nickel Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.91318, 39.99657 (WGS84)
Elevation 1448
Location accuracy 100(meters)
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Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Churchill

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 025N 036E 35 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT 3 MILES ABOVE MOUTH OF CANYON . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Cobalt Primary
Nickel Primary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Annabergite Ore
Albite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Albitization; Silicification; Alteration Of Primary Ore Minerals To Chloanthite And Annabergite.

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE FROM A 4-INCH STRINGER HAD 23.3% NI
Result ANOTHER SAMPLE RAN 7.13% NI, 0.33% CU.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 17
USGS model code 8c
Deposit model name Limassol Forest Co-Ni

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Humboldt Gabbroic Complex
    Rock description Humboldt Gabbroic Complex
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.91318, 39.99657
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Geologic structures

Type Description Terms
Regional Regional Folding With Fold Axes Plunging West And Northwest.
Local N-Trending Normal Fault.

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Dip 20SW
    Length 30.48M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Sheared Contact Zone Between Gabbro And 'Arenite'.

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: PRINCIPAL STOPES ARE ALONG A FLAT FISSURE WITH A DIP OF ABOUT 20 DEG. TO THE SW. THIS WAS FOLLOWED ALONG STRIKE FOR 100 FT.AND STOPED OVER 50 FT. THIS STRINGER PROBABLY YIELDED LARGE AMOUNTS OF NI BECAUSE SAMPLE TAKEN FROM 4-IN. VEIN OF GREEN MATERIAL AT END OF STOPE ASSAYED 23.3% NI

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1882
Discovery method Ore-Mineral In Place
Year of first production 1882
Year of last production 1907
Production years 1882-1890; 1904-1907

Mining district

District name Table Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Production statistics

  • Year 1890
    Period 1882-1890
    Material ORE CO NI
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^26% Ni
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Ore Nickel Nickel 26wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • AMOUNTS PRODUCED UNKNOWN

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESERVES UNKNOWN; STUDY NEEDED

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • PRINCIPAL STOPES ARE ALONG A FLAT FISSURE WITH A DIP OF ABOUT 20SW. THIS WAS FOLLOWED FOR 100 FT AND STOPED FOR 50 FT.

Comments on development

  • WORKED FOR 8 YEARS FROM 1882 TO 1890, WHEN MINE WAS CLOSED DUE TO LITIGATION. MINING RESUMED AGAIN IN 1904, BUT CEASED IN 1907.

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS W000701

Bibliographic references

  • 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).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FERGUSON BELIEVED THAT THE NI-CO DEPOSITS ARE RELATED TO NEARBY GOLD AND TITANIUM DEPOSITS AND TO THE INTRUSIVE BODY OF DIORITE, AND THAT IN THE FINAL STAGE OF MINERALIZATION BY MAGMATIC SOLUTIONS, SULFIDES AND ARSENIDES OF NI, CO, AND CU WERE INTRODUCED ALONG SMALL FISSURES IN THE ALREADY ALTERED COUNTRY ROCK ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit SHEARED CONTACT ZONE BETWEEN GABBRO AND 'ARENITE'. PRINCIPAL STOPES ARE ALONG A FLAT FISSURE DIPPING 20SW. NICKEL ORE OCCURS AS SMALL VEINLETS OCCUPYING FRACTURES IN THE ARENITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-81 La Pointe, D. D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-94 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey