The White Pine Mine is a mine located in Plumas county, California at an elevation of 5,240 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,240 Feet (1,597 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 39.8617, -120.99080
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White Pine Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: White Pine Mine
Secondary: Bear Claim
Commodity
Tertiary: Chromium
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: California
County: Plumas
District: Rock Creek District
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
Type: Other
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Weeks, Herman (Last Operator)
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1976
Owner Name: U.S. Forest Service - Plumas National Forest
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1976
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1940
Discovery Year: 1937
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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Chromite
Unknown: Olivine
Unknown: Pyroxene
Unknown: Serpentine
Unknown: Talc
Comments
Comment (Production): APPROXIMATELY 550 LONG TONS OF ORE AVERAGING 50 PER CENT CR2 WITH CR/FE=3.45 WAS SHIPPED BY 1943 MOST OF THE ORIGINAL DEP PROBABLY MINED OUT. 9 TONS SHIPPED IN 1957 - PROBABLY FROM D NO ORE IN SIGHT-NO RESERVE ESTIMATE THE AVERAGE MINEABLE GR CHROMITE IS 54.7 PERCENT,AND IRONIS 11.5 PERCENT. INSUFFICI DATA FOR MATRIX CALCULATIONS. ANALYSIS BY CDMG IN 1975 GAVE FOLLOWING PERCENTAGES-MASSIVE 2 07.50,CR2O3 40.19,FEO 11.92,TOTAL FE 13.68,AL203 21.26,MGO CR/FE 2.59
References
Reference (Deposit): RYNEARSON,GA.CAL DIV MINES BULL 134,PT 3,CH 5,P 293-295 195
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