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Valpine Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101384
MRDS ID D000850
Record type Site
Current site name Valpine Mine
Alternate or previous names Burnside Lake Calpine, Longshot

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.88433, 38.71658 (WGS84)
Relative position 6 MILES W-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 09,16 California

Comments on the location information

  • SE 1/2 OF 9, UTM ACC

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Gold Primary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

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

Analytical data

Result .66% - .74% WO3

Host and associated rocks

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

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 60.96M
    Width 3.66M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: QUARTZITE HAS AN OUTCROP WIDTH OF 350 FT. BEDS MAKE ANGLE OF 20 DEG. WITH GRANITE CONTACT WHICH APPEARS TO DIP STEEPLY EAST BENEATH THE QUARTZITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1950'S

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • ORE SHIPPED IN 1953 REPORTED TO HAVE AVG. .9% WO3

Comments on the workings information

  • THREE OPEN PITS ALONG CONTACT ZONE, PITS ARE 20-30 FT. DEEP, 100 FT. LONG. SHORT ADIT EXTENDS SOUTHWARD UNDER NORTH PIT, BEST EXPOSURE IS AT SOUTH PIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D.M.; TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF THE US, VOL. I; UNPUBLISHED DATA, P. 168-169.

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D.M. AND TWETO, O.L., 1962; TUNGSTEN IN THE; USGS MAP MR-25.

  • Production

    CLARK, W.B., 1977

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN LIKE BODY IN ZONE 5-25 FT. WIDE EXPOSED INTERMITTENTLY FOR 1,100 FT. IN LENGTH
Deposit 2 SHOOTS: 0.68% FOR 160 FT., 0.74% FOR 200 FT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1974 Elliott, James E. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1979 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey PARSED HOST ROCK AND ASSOCIATED ROCK INFORMATION FROM OLD SINGLE VALUED FIELD TO NEW MULTIVALUED FIELD
Editor 09-JUN-1995 Mosier, Dan U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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