Mine detail: Pioneer Mine

Previously called 'Big BonnieClaims: Rocky Point, Delta Fox, Sunset'

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Location: Custer County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.11029, -105.33974
dep_id: 10012433
mrds_id: D008060
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver, Gold
Minor mineral: Lead, Copper
Operation type: Underground
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Galena, Malachite, Pyrite, Silver, Stephanite, Tetrahedrite
gangue: Barite, Calcite, Clay
work_type: Underground
model: {82: Epithermal veins}{105: Epithermal vein, generic}
alteration: Strong Argillization
ore_ctrl: At Intersection Of Humboldt-Pocahontas Vein And Pioneer Vein
Reporter: Collins, Donna B., Beach, Richard A.
hrock_type: Trachyte,Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
arock_unit: Rosita Andesite;Game Ridge Trachyte
arock_type: Andesite
Structure: Rosita Volcanic Center, Wet Mtns, Rosita Fault
tectonic: Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
disc_yr: 1874
References:
  • Deposit:: CROSS, WHITMAN, 1896, GEOLOGY OF SILVER CLIFF AND THE ROSITA HILLS, COLORADO: USGS 17TH ANN. REPORT, PT 2, P. 263-403.
  • Deposit:: SHARP, W.N., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SILVER CLIFF AND ROSITA VOLCANIC CENTERS, CUSTER COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1081, 1:24,000.
  • Deposit:: Emmons, S.F., 1896, The mines of Custer County, Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey 17th Annual Report, Pt. 2, pp. 405-472.
  • Production:: EMMONS, S.F., 1896
  • Reserve-Resource:: Sunshine Mining Co. Colorado exploration files, unpublished data, Colorado Geological Survey.
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