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Cal-Pine

Past Producer in Alpine county in California, United States with commodities Tungsten, Gold, Silver
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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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103175
MRDS ID M022172
Record type Site
Current site name Cal-Pine
Alternate or previous names Valpine
Related records 10235461

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.88822, 38.72408 (WGS84)
Relative position 5 MI NW OF MARKLEEVILLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alpine(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Carson Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Smith Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Carson(hydrologic unit)

Carson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Alpine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 010N 019E 09 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM. ACC.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Quartz Gangue

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
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.88822, 38.72408
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 6.1M
    Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT W/1 MINERALIZATION BELT EXTENDING SE TO BURNSIDE MINE. DISSEMINATED, FINE-GRAINED SCHEELITE W VARYING AMOUNTS OF PYRITE AND HEMATITE OCCURS IN IRON-STAINED GARNET-TACTITE. TACTITE IN CONTACT METAMORPHIC ZONE W GRANODIORITE TO W, SCHIST AND QUARTZITE TO E. ALSO SEVERAL NARROW NW QTZ VEINS W PYRITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Hope Valley

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner C. C. Munck Al Tahoe
    First year 1971

Comments on the production information

  • FIRST PROSPECTED FOR GOLD MANY YEARS AGO.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 6.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUTS, UP TO 50 FT LONG, ADIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CLARK, W. B., 1977 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF ALPINE COUNTY, CALIF.: CDMG COUNTY REPT NO. 8 , P

  • Production

    CLARK, 1977

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INCORRECTLY INTERCHANGED W BURNSIDE MINE ON USGS IS MIN MARKLEEVILLE SHEET, 1956 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1979 Hayden, F. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative California resources

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