The Big Pine Mine is a gold mine located in Placer county, California at an elevation of 1,079 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: 1,079 Feet (329 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 38.88861, -121.08500
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Big Pine Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Big Pine Mine
Secondary: T.W.A.
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Location
State: California
County: Placer
District: Ophir
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1907
Time Period: 1898-1907
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
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
Analytical Data: ASSAYS AVG. $10 AU/TON
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): UTM EST. NW 1/4 , SE 1/4
Comment (Workings): DRIFTS, SHAFT
Comment (Production): WORKED IN 1935. NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND.
Comment (Deposit): VEIN AVG. 18 IN. THICK
Comment (Geology): CHALCOPYRITE REPORTED TO DEPTH OF 170 FT.
References
Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C. A., 1936 , GOLD MINES OF PLACER COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 32 , NO. 1 , P. 39 .
Reference (Deposit): ERIC, J. C., 1948 , TABULATION OF COPPER DEPOSITS IN CALIFORNIA IN COPPER IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES BULLETIN 144 , P. 281 .
Reference (Production): LOGAN, 1936 , GOODWIN, 1957
Reference (Deposit): WARING, CLARENCE A., 1917 , PLACER COUNTY: REPORT 15 OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 327 .
Reference (Deposit): GOODWIN, J. G., 1957 , LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 57 , NOS. 3 AND 4 , P. 589 .
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