Alpine Mine

The Alpine Mine is a tungsten mine located in Alpine county, California at an elevation of 8,599 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

Name: Alpine Mine  

State:  California

County:  Alpine

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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