The Pine Creek Mine is a tungsten 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
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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