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Pilgrim Mine

Past Producer in Clark county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Copper, Silver, Gold, Molybdenum
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037030
MRDS ID M030075
Record type Site
Current site name Pilgrim Mine
Related records 10246496

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.4889, 35.86917 (WGS84)
Elevation 1366
Relative position 5 MILES NW OF GOODSPRINGS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clark(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Goodsprings(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mesquite Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kingman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ivanpah-Pahrump Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
024S 058E 08 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Secondary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calamine Ore
Galena Ore
Hydrozincite Ore
Pyromorphite Ore
Wulfenite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 72
USGS model code 19a
Deposit model name Polymetallic replacement
Mark3 model number 47

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.4889, 35.86917
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Large Scale Overthrusts; Potosi Thrust A Few Hundred Ft. To The E
Type of structure Local
Structure description Locally Folded And Jointed

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip SW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Complicated Structure Of The Beds Where They Overlie The Potosi Thrust Fault

Comments on the geologic information

  • LEAD MINERALS MORE ABUNDANT THAN ZINC. GALENA IS COARSE CRYSTALS IN CAVERNOUS DOLOMITE BRECCIA. NEARLY PURE PYROMORPHITE VEIN ( 8 INCHES WIDE ) PRESENT. ORE MAINLY IN FOLDS ALONG THE BEDDING PLANES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Goodsprings

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Pilgrim Mining Co.
    First year 1922

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 45.72M
    Overall depth 36.58M

Comments on the workings information

  • LARGEST STOPE LIES ABOVE 60 FT.-LEVEL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HEWETT, 1931 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF GOODSPRINGS QUAD., USGS PROF. PAPER 162 , P. 127 .

  • Deposit

    LONGWELL, C. R., PAMPEYAN, E. H., BOWYER, B., ROBERTS, R. J., 1965 , GEOLOGY OF MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CLARK CO.: NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 62 .

  • Deposit

    SCHILLING, 1962 B, MOLYBDENUM IN NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, REPORT 2 .

  • Production

    LONGWELL, ETAL, 1965

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1978 Theodore, Ted G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1979 Harner, Joy L. (Roberts, Ralph J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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