The Alpine Mine is a tungsten mine located in Alpine county, California at an elevation of 8,599 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 8,599 Feet (2,621 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 38.73333, -119.96667
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Alpine Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Alpine Mine
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Location
State: California
County: Alpine
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1943
Year: 1943
Time Period: 1943
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 1%-.6% WO3
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Comments
Comment (Workings): TWO WEST TRENDING CROSSCUT ADITS SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET LONG AND 100 FT. APART VERTICALLY, 1000 FT. OF DRIFTS WERE RAN
Comment (Location): NW 1/4, UTM ACC.
Comment (Production): 306 TONS OF ORE MINED
Comment (Deposit): TWO SMALL BODIES, SOUTH BODY IS 80 FT. LONG AND 5 FT. WIDE, SECOND SHOOT IS 70 FT. LONG AND 5 FT. WIDE. SCHEELITE GRAINS LIE IN VEIN-LIKE STREAKS, SOME PLACES ALONG JOINT PLANES, MORE COMMONLY IN GRANITE THAT APPEARS SOLID AND UNALTERED
Comment (Deposit): 2 SMALL ORE BODIES.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: CONTACT ZONE BETWEEN GRANITIC ROCKS ON WEST AND A ROOF PENDENT OF SCHIST AND HORNFELS ON THE EAST.
References
Reference (Deposit): CLARK, W.B., 1977, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF ALPINE COUNTY, CA.; COUNTY REPT. 8; CALF. DIV. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, P. 39-40.
Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M.,; TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF THE US, VOL. I, UNPUBLISHED DATA, P. 166-168.
Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M. AND TWETO, O.L., 1962; TUNGSTEN IN THE US; USGS MAP MR-25.
Reference (Production): LEMMON, D.M.
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