Mine detail: Pioneer Claims

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Location:	Skagit County, Washington, United States, North America
Lat / long:	48.45593, -121.06815
dep_id:	10047919
mrds_id:	M700271
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Silver
Minor mineral:	Zinc, Lead, Copper, Gold
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	No production occurred
Development status:	Occurrence
ore:	Sphalerite
gangue:	Quartz
orebody_fm:	VEIN
model:	85: Polymetallic veins
Reporter:	Lawson, William A. (Evarts, Russell C.), Peterson, Jocelyn A.
hrock_unit:	Cascade River Schist
hrock_type:	Schist
Structure:	Tight Folding Along North-Northwest Trending Axes
tectonic:	Cascade Volcanic Arc. Active Margin (Leading Edge Of North American Plate)
References:	Deposit:: HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 316. Deposit:: MOEN, W.S., 1976, SILVER OCCURRENCES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES BULLETIN 69, P. 160-161. Deposit:: STOTELMEYER, R.B., JOHNSON, F.L., MCHUGH, E.L., FEDERSPIEL, F.E., DENTON, D.K., JR., AND STEBBINS, S.A., 1982, MINERAL INVESTIGATION OF THE GLACIER PEAK WILDERNESS AND ADJACENT AREAS, CHELAN, SKAGIT, AND SNOHOMISH COUNTIES, WASHINGTON: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 89-82, P. 16. Deposit:: CHURCH, S.E., FORD, A.B., FLANIGAN, V.J., AND STOTELMEYER, R.B., 1984, MINERAL RESOURCE POTENTIAL OF THE GLACIER PEAK WILDERNESS AND ADJACENT AREAS, CHELAN, SKAGIT, AND SNOHOMISH COUNTIES, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1652-A, SCALE 1:100,000. Deposit:: TABOR, R.W., BOOTH, D.B., VANCE, J.A., FORD, A.B., AND ORT, M.H., 1988, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SAUK RIVER 30 BY 60 MINUTE QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 88-692, SCALE 1:100,000. Reserve-Resource:: STOTELMEYER AND OTHERS, 1982