The Pine Creek Apt Plant is a tungsten, refinery mine located in Inyo county, California at an elevation of 7,710 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: 7,710 Feet (2,350 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten, Refinery
Lat, Long: 37.3597, -118.70140
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Pine Creek Apt Plant MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Pine Creek Apt Plant
Secondary: Pine Creek Custom Mill
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten, Refinery
Location
State: California
County: Inyo
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
Type: Patented
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Union Carbide Corp., Mining And Metals Division
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1981
Owner Name: Avocet Ventures Inc. (Owner Of Avocet Tungsten Inc.)
Percent: 50.00
Home Office: Canada
Info Year: 1995
Years: 1995 -
Owner Name: U.S. Tungsten Corp. (Sub Of Strategic Minerlas Corp.)
Company ID: 400899
Percent: 50.00
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1989
Owner Name: Avocet Tungsten Inc (Sub Of Avocet Ventures Inc.)
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1995
Years: 1995 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Processing Plant
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: L
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): PINE CREEK TUNGSTEN MINE AND MILL OPERATIONS APT REFINERY.
References
Reference (Deposit): THE MINING RECORD, VOL. 106, #35, AUG. 95, P3.
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