Cal-Pine Mine

Past Producer in Alpine county in California, United States with commodities Tungsten, Gold
Sections on this page
  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. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103218
MRDS ID M022312
Record type Site
Current site name Cal-Pine Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.88711, 38.72852 (WGS84)
Relative position 1 MILES NW OF BURNSIDE MINE (VALPINE)

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

  • NW 1/4, UTM ACC.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Garnet Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.88711, 38.72852

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 6.1M

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

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • PROSPECTED FOR TUNGSTEN IN 1940'S AND EARLY 1950'S

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL OPEN CUTS, LARGEST IS 50 FT. LONG AND UP TO 20 FT. DEEP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CLARK, W.B., 1977, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF ALPINE COUNTY, COUNTY REPT. 8; CALIF. DIV. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, P. 40-41

  • Production

    CLARK, W.B., 1977

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IN ADDITION TO TACTITE BODIES ARE SEVERAL NARROW NW QTZ. VEINS WHICH CONTAIN PYRITE.
Deposit BOTH VALPINE AND CAL-PINE MINE ARE INCORRECTLY INTERCHANGED ON USGS MARKLEEVILLE QUAD. TOPOGRAPHIC 15-MIN. MAP.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1979 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative California resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.