Description
Sproule And Vaughan
Commodities
PrimaryTungsten, Copper, Molybdenum, Gold
SecondarySilver
TertiaryBismuth
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlContact Of Marble Beds In Pine Creek Pendant With Quartz Monzonite
Materials
Ore mineralsBornite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Gold, Molybdenite, Powellite, Scheelite
GangueDiopside, Epidote, Feldspar, Garnet, Quartz
Geology
Host rockQuartz Monzonite,Marble · Pine Creek Pendant; Tungsten Hills Quartz Monzonite
StructureSierra Nevada Batholith
Tectonic settingSierra Nevada
AlterationMetamorphism To Skarn, Ore In Fractures, And Some Replacement By Ore.
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1918
Discovery year1916
Identification
Deposit ID10008713
MRDS IDD001058
Alternate namesBlack Monster, Snow Queen, Pine Creek Tungsten Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates37.36161, -118.70428
References
LEMMON, D.M., UNPUBLISHED DATA.LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S., USGS MAP, MR-25.BURWELL, BLAIR, 1941, MILLING TUNGSTEN ORE AT PINE CREEK: MINING CONG. JOUR., VOL. 27, NO. 10, P. 16-18.BATEMAN, P.C., 1945, PINE CREEK AND ADAMSON TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS, INYO COUNTY, CALIF.: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., VOL. 41, NO. 4, P. 231-249.1959, OCCURRENCE OF NONPEGMATITE BERYLLIUM IN THE UNITED STATES, USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 318, PP. 91-92.WRIGHT, W. A., 1978, MINERALOGICAL AND COMPOSITIONAL ZONATION IN THE NORTH ORE BODY, PINE CREEK MINE, BISHOP DISTRICT, CALIFORNIA, GEOLOGICAL SOC. OF AMERICA ABSTR. WITH PROGR AMS, V. 10, N. 3, P. 155.1952 GEOLMAP BATEMAN, MAPS, REPORTCOOPER, J. R., 1962, BISMUTH OF U.S.: USGS MR - 2