Pine Creek Apt Plant

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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Mine Info

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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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