Valpine

The Valpine is a tungsten mine located in Alpine county, California at an elevation of 8,409 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

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Site Name

Primary: Valpine
Secondary: Burnside

Commodity

Primary: Tungsten

Location

State: California
County: Alpine
District: Hope 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: Located Claim

Workings

Type: Surface

Ownership

Owner Name: Merrill, Stewart
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Markleville, CA
Info Year: 1981

Production

Year: 1954
Description: 325 T Ore - 3753 Kg Cons @ 71% Wo3 2665 Kg/Yr Of Wo3
Year: 1953
Description: 109 T Ore @ 1% Wo3 919 Kg Cons @ 67% 616 Kg/Yr Of Wo3
Year: 1952
Description: 2,337 T Ore - 8 T Of Cons W/4599 Kg Wo3 4599 Kg/Yr Of Wo3

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1952
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: Calcite
Unknown: Epidote
Unknown: Garnet
Unknown: Powellite
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Scheelite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): ELECTRICAL POWER IS NOT AVAILABLE AT THE SITE AND MUST BE GENERATED OR BROUGHT IN FROM MARKLEEVILLE, 8 KM TO THE NORTHEAST. ADDITIONAL LOW GRADE RESOURCES MAY EXIST; 200,000 T OR MORE AT .08% WO3 OR HIGHER.

References

Reference (Deposit): CLARK, WILLIAM B. MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF ALPINE

Reference (Deposit): COUNTY, CALIFORNIA. CALIF. DIV. OF MINES AND GEOL., 1977,

Reference (Deposit): JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., 1942, VOL. 38, NO'S. 3 & 4,

Reference (Deposit): P. 311.

Reference (Deposit): MAURER, R. B. AND ROBERT E. WALLACE THE MINERAL INDUSTRY IN

Reference (Deposit): CALIFORNIA. U.S. BUMINES MINERALS YEARBOOK 1952, VOL. 3

Reference (Deposit): 1952, P. 177.

Reference (Deposit): WALLACE, R. E. J. D. MCLENEGAN, AND E. J. MATSON. THE

Reference (Deposit): MINERAL INDUSTRY OF CALIFORNIA. U.S. BUMINES MINERALS

Reference (Deposit): YEARBOOK 1954, VOL. 3, 1954, P. 201.

Reference (Deposit): COUNTY REPT. 8, P. 40.

Reference (Deposit): ENGEL, A. L. AND E. S. SHEDD TREATMENT TESTS OF SCHEELITE

Reference (Deposit): ORES FROM CALIFORNIA, NEVADA, AND UTAH. U.S. BUMINES

Reference (Deposit): RI 5087, 1954, PP. 5-6.

Reference (Deposit): JENKINS, OLAF P. TABULATION OF TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF CALIF-

Reference (Deposit): ORNIA TO ACCOMPANY ECONOMIC MINERAL MAP NO. 4. CALIF.

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