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Pine Creek Mine

The Pine Creek Mine is a tungsten mine located in Inyo county, California at an elevation of 7,710 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: Pine Creek Mine

State:  California

County:  Inyo

Elevation: 7,710 Feet (2,350 Meters)

Commodity: Tungsten

Lat, Long: 37.3617, -118.70330

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Pine Creek Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Pine Creek Mine
Secondary: Black Monster
Secondary: Snow Queen
Secondary: Pine Creek Tungsten Mine & Mill

Commodity

Primary: Tungsten
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver

Location

State: California
County: Inyo
District: Bishop

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: Private Lease
Type: Located Claim
Type: Patented

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: U.S. Tungsten Corp.
Company ID: 400899
Percent: 50.00
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1995

Owner Name: Avocet Ventures Inc.
Percent: 50.00
Home Office: Canada
Info Year: 1995
Years: 1995 -

Owner Name: Pine Creek Tungsten Mining Llc
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Australia
Info Year: 1995
Years: 1995 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Plant
Plant Type: Beneficiation (Mill)
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Open Stope
Milling Method: Flotation
Year First Production: 1925
Discovery Year: 1916
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
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

Unknown: Bornite
Unknown: Chalcocite
Unknown: Chalcopyrite
Unknown: Covellite
Unknown: Powellite
Unknown: Scheelite
Unknown: Molybdenite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): MAS PROPERTY FILE INCLUDES PINE CREEK MILL; MSHA.DBF #0404599 NO MSHA DBF # LISTING FOR MINE, (SAME AS ABOVE). WITH THE CHANGE OF OWNERSHIP, IN 1995, THIS # WILL CHANGE

Comment (Reserve-Resource): PRODUCTION AT MINE SHOULD RESUME IN 1996 ACCORDING THE COMP. OFFICIALS. SEE BIBLI "R" 002. PRODUCING SCHEELITE, AUG. 79, AT RATE OF 3.5 M LB/YR CONTAINED TUNGSTEN. UNK AS OF AUG. 1995.

Comment (Reserve-Resource): RESOURCES AS OF 08/95.

References

Reference (Deposit): STATES: GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA MEMOIR 15, 241 PP.

Reference (Deposit): GEOLOGY, V. 41, NO. 4, PP. 231-249.

Reference (Deposit): BATEMAN, P.C., 1956, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE BISHOP TUNGSTEN

Reference (Deposit): DISTRICT, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES

Reference (Deposit): SPECIAL REPORT. 47, 87 PP.

Reference (Deposit): BATEMAN, P.C., 1965, GEOLOGY AND TUNGSTEN MINERALIZATION OF

Reference (Deposit): THE BISHOP DISTRICT, CALIFORNIA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF.

Reference (Deposit): PAPER 470, 280 PP.

Reference (Deposit): BATEMAN, P.C., ERICKSON, M.P., AND PROCTOR, P.D., 1950,

Reference (Deposit): GEOLOGY AND TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF THE TUNGSTEN HILLS, INYO

Reference (Deposit): COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND

Reference (Deposit): GEOLOGY, V. 46, NO. 1, PP. 23-42.

Reference (Deposit): BEHME, R.L., 1953, UNITED STATES VANADIUM'S TUNGSTEN MINE IN

Reference (Deposit): CALIFORNIA: THE EXPLOSIVES ENGINEER, MARCH-APRIL 1953,

Reference (Deposit): PP. 39-41.

Reference (Deposit): CARBIDE CORPORATION, ORAL COMMUNICATION, OCTOBER 1980.

Reference (Deposit): STAFFORD, P., U.S. BUREAU OF MINES TUNGSTEN COMMODITY

Reference (Deposit): SPECIALIST, ORAL AND WRITTEN COMMUN. JANUARY-FEBRUARY 1981

Reference (Deposit): VANDERBURG, W.O., 1935, MINING AND MILLING TUNGSTEN ORES:

Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES I.C. 6852.

Reference (Deposit): VOELKER, D.E., DEPARTMENTAL METALLURGIST, PINE CREEK CUSTOM

Reference (Deposit): MILL, UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION, ORAL COMMUN., OCTOBER

Reference (Deposit): BUTNER, D.W., 1948, BLASTHOLE DIAMOND DRILLING IN CALIFORNIA

Reference (Deposit): MINES: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES I.C. 7451.

Reference (Deposit): MCKINLEY, H.L., HOLMES, T.W., AND SAUSA, L.E., 1951,

Reference (Deposit): BOOSTING TUNGSTEN OUTPUT AND U.S.V.'S MOUNTAIN-TOP MINE,

Reference (Deposit): NO. 1 U.S. PRODUCER: REPRINT FROM ENGINEERING AND MINING

Reference (Deposit): JOURNAL, V. 152, NO. 5, 11 PP.

Reference (Deposit): MCKINLEY, H.L., AND WRIGHT, L.A., 1957, MINING METHODS AT

Reference (Deposit): THE PINE CREEK MINE: MINING ENGINEERING, OCTOBER 1957,

Reference (Deposit): PP. 1099-1102.

Reference (Deposit): PAZOUR, D.A., 1978, UNION CARBIDE INCREASES TUNGSTEN

Reference (Deposit): PRODUCTION WITH NEW NEVADA MINE: MINING WORLD, MARCH 1978

Reference (Deposit): PP. 58-59.

Reference (Deposit): POSNER, R.H., SENIOR MINE GEOLOGIST, PINE CREEK MINE, UNION

Reference (Deposit): CHAPMAN, R.W., 1937, THE CONTACT-METAMORPHIC DEPOSIT OF

Reference (Deposit): ROUND VALLEY, CALIFORNIA: JOURNAL OF GEOLOGY, V. 45, NO.

Reference (Deposit): 8, PP. 859-871.

Reference (Deposit): ENGEL, A.L., AND SHEDD, E.S., 1954, TREATMENT TESTS OF

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

Reference (Deposit): BUREAU OF MINES R.I. 5087.

Reference (Deposit): GRIFFITH, R.E., 1970, "TUNGSTEN": U.S. BUREAU OF MINES

Reference (Deposit): BULL. 650, MINERAL FACTS AND PROBLEMS, PP. 399-415.

Reference (Deposit): HOBBS, W.S., AND ELLIOTT, 1973, "TUNGSTEN": U.S. GEOL.

Reference (Deposit): SURVEY PROF. PAPER 820, UNITED STATES MINERAL RESOURCES,

Reference (Deposit): PP. 667-678.

Reference (Deposit): KERR, P.F., 1946, TUNGSTEN MINERALIZATION IN THE UNITED

Reference (Deposit): INYO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND

Reference (Deposit): 1980.

Reference (Deposit): WHARTON, M., 1943, TUNGSTEN FROM THE HIGH SIERRAS-UNITED

Reference (Deposit): STATES VANADIUM CORPORATION WORKS LOFTY MINE FOR CRITICAL

Reference (Deposit): WAR METALS: THE EXPLOSIVES ENGINEER, MAY-JUNE 1943, PP.

Reference (Deposit): 79-85, 100-102.

Reference (Deposit): WRIGHT, L.A., 1964, PILLAR BLASTING AT THE PINE CREEK MINE:

Reference (Deposit): MINING ENGINEERING, MAY 1964, PP. 79-83.

Reference (Deposit): ZABRA, J.B., 1959, MILLING AND PROCESSING OF TUNGSTEN: U.S.

Reference (Deposit): BUREAU OF MINES I.C. 7912.

Reference (Deposit): PP. 79-104.

Reference (Deposit): LENHART, W.B., 1941, MILLING SCHEELITE AT TUNGSTAR MINE:

Reference (Deposit): MINING CONGRESS JOURNAL, V. 27, NO. 4, PP. 67-71.

Reference (Deposit): KNOPF, A., 1917, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF NORTHWESTERN INYO

Reference (Reserve-Resource): CAL. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V.41 NO.4, PP. 231-49.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): THE MINING RECORD, VOL106 #35, P3.

Reference (Deposit): BATEMAN, P.C., 1945, PINE CREEK AND ADAMSON TUNGSTEN MINES,

Reference (Deposit): COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 640-L, PP.

Reference (Deposit): 229-255.

Reference (Deposit): LEMON, D.M., 1941, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN THE TUNGSTEN HILLS,

Reference (Deposit): INYO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 922-Q,

Reference (Deposit): PP. 497-514.

Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M., 1941, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN THE SIERRA NEVADA

Reference (Deposit): NEAR BISHOP, CALIFORNIA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 931-E,

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