The Pk Mine is a tungsten mine located in Imperial county, California.
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Mine Info
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Pk Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Pk Mine
Secondary: Elliott
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: California
County: Imperial
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1958
Time Period: - 1958
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^.33% Wo3
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Comments
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: TACTITE BODY IN SMALL ROOF PENDENT 200 FT. WIDE, 400 FT. LONG, IT HAS AN IRREGULAR REENTRANT BOUNDARY THAT IS ROUGHLY RECTANGULAR IN SHAPE. PENDENT IS COMPOSED OF SCHIST, TACTITE AND THIN BEDS OF LIMESTON. MIGMATIZED ZONES ARE COMMON ESPECIALLY NEAR CONTACTS WITH QTZ. DIORITE.
Comment (Deposit): ORIGINALLY A GOLD PROSPECT
Comment (Location): NE 1/4 OF NE 1/4, UTM ACC; LATITUDE-LONGITUDE VALUES CALCULATED FROM TOWNSHIP, RANGE, SECTION.
Comment (Deposit): ZONE IS 30 - 50 FT. WIDE AND 50 - 60 FT. LONG
Comment (Workings): OPEN PIT 30 FT. WIDE, 50 FT. LONG WITH MAX. DEPTH OF 25 FT. A 50 FT. DRIFT ADIT WAS DRIVEN S 75 W 40 FT. BELOW AND SLIGHTLY NW OF PIT. 25 FT. VERTICAL SHAFT CONNECTS TO BOTTOM OF ADIT. SEVERAL SHALLOW CUTS AND SHAFTS EXPLORE ZONES PERIPHERAL TO PENDENT.
References
Reference (Deposit): MORTON, P. K., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF IMPERIAL COUNTY; COUNTY REPT. 7, CA. DIV. MINES AND GEOLOGY, P. 96
Reference (Production): MORTON, P. K., 1977
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