Mine detail: Old Pioneer Mine

Previously called 'PioneerWhite Metal'

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Location

Lat / long:

33.23453, -110.83791

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver
Secondary:	Lead, Gold, Copper
Ore:	Argentite, Galena, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Barite, Calcite, Quartz

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1875
Last production ended:	1969

Geology

Host rock:	Dripping Spring Quartzite;Shale
Host type:	Diabase,Quartzite,Shale
Associated type:	Rhyolite
Structure:	Dripping Springs Quartzite Is In Fault Contact With Diabase To S., Fault Strikes Nw. Dripping Springs Quartzite Strikes E-W Dips 20-25 S. Barnes Conglomerate Is Present Both At The Dripping Springs-Diabase Contact, And At Dripping Springs-Pioneer Shale Contact, Which Strikes Nw. Width Of Dripping Springs Quartzite, 100 M. At Mine, Two Parallel Ne Trending Faults

References

MRDS	M241231
DEP	10046323
Reference	{Deposit:: ABGMT-USBM PRODUCTION DATA}{Deposit:: ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE}{Deposit:: ADMR PIONEER MINE FILE}{Deposit:: USGS GEOLOGIC QUADRANGLE GQ-1442, 1978}
Reporter	Gest, Don E.