Mine detail: Pioneer Mine

Previously called 'Pioneer VeinGerman-American VeinTreadwell Group'

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Location

Lat / long:

35.01863, -114.40747

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Gold
Secondary:	Lead
Tertiary:	Molybdenum
Ore:	Gold, Wulfenite
Gangue:	Quartz
Discovery year:	1896

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1896

Geology

Host type:	Trachyte
Structure:	Nnw To Wnw Trending Vein And Fault System In Tert Volcanic Rocks, Nnw Fault Cutting Across Nw Fissure Zone Of Leland-Gold Dust-Bound Ary Cove Veins
Alteration processes:	Silicified

References

MRDS	M004486
DEP	10027915
Reference	{Deposit:: GARDNER, 1936, USBM IC 6901, P. 36}{Deposit:: SCHRADER, 1909, USGS BULL 397, P. 186}{Deposit:: LAUSEN, 1931, ABM BULL 131, P. 109}{Deposit:: RANSOME, 1923, USGS BULL 743}{Production:: SCHRADER, 1909, P. 187; USBM IC 6901}
Reporter	Peterson, Jocelyn A.