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Pine Tree Mine

Past Producer in Kern county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Tungsten
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048728
MRDS ID MP25745
Record type Site
Current site name Pine Tree Mine
Alternate or previous names American

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.46952, 35.07971 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kern(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tehachapi South(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tehachapi(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bakersfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Kern-Upper Tehachapi-Grapevine(hydrologic unit)

Tulare-Buena Vista Lakes(hydrologic accounting unit)

Tulare-Buena Vista Lakes(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Kern

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 011N 015W 04 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Tungsten Critical Primary

Analytical data

Result SCHEELITE SAMPLES FROM TRENCH SHOWED GOOD ASSAYS FOR ABOUT 6 INCHES.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.46952, 35.07971
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N65E
    Dip 25-30SE
    Thickness 0.91M

Comments on the geologic information

  • FRACTURES OR FAULTS SHOW A FEW FEET OF DISPLACEMENT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • 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.

Comments on development

  • THE OWNER BUILT ROADS TO VARIOUS OUTCROPS AND CONSTRUCTED 2 COTTAGES AT THE SITE OF THE OLD GOLD MILL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 37, P. 578.

  • Deposit

    CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 25, P. 45.

  • Deposit

    CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 14, P. 506.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
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.
Deposit 4 CLAIMS, 170 ACRES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1982 Nelson, Scott C. (Albers, John, P.) U.S. Geological Survey

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