The Pine Tree Mine is a gold and tungsten mine located in Kern county, California.
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Mine Info
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Pine Tree Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Pine Tree Mine
Secondary: American
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: California
County: Kern
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
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: SCHEELITE SAMPLES FROM TRENCH SHOWED GOOD ASSAYS FOR ABOUT 6 INCHES.
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Workings): 800 FT ADIT, 65 FT INCLINE, OPEN CUT 1200 FT WEST OF INCLINE, 30 FT LONG, 3 FT DEEP. REPORTEDLY SEVERAL THOUSAND FEET OF DRIFTS AND STOPES.
Comment (Development): THE OWNER BUILT ROADS TO VARIOUS OUTCROPS AND CONSTRUCTED 2 COTTAGES AT THE SITE OF THE OLD GOLD MILL.
Comment (Deposit): VEINS, THICKNESSES UP TO 3 FT. SCHEELITE OCCURS SPORATICALLY IN VEINS NEAR CROSS FRACTURES OR STEP FAULTS. SCHEELITE OCCURS FOR 18 INCHES IN WIDTH IN INCLINE. SCHEELITE WAS REPORTED SCATTERED ALONG A 10 MILE STRIP AND 3000 FT WIDE IN PLACES, LOCATED FROM NINE MILE CANYON TO HOMESTEAD SERVICE STATION, WEST OF INYO-KERN.
Comment (Geology): FRACTURES OR FAULTS SHOW A FEW FEET OF DISPLACEMENT.
Comment (Deposit): 4 CLAIMS, 170 ACRES.
References
Reference (Deposit): CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 37, P. 578.
Reference (Deposit): CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 25, P. 45.
Reference (Deposit): CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 14, P. 506.
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