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Pioneer Mine

Past Producer in Blaine county in Idaho, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070568
MRDS ID W013554
Record type Site
Current site name Pioneer Mine
Related records 10119978

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.36481, 43.43819 (WGS84)
Elevation 1798
Relative position 6 1/4 MI SSW OF HAILEY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Blaine(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bellevue(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fairfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hailey(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big Wood(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Blaine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 001N 018E 07 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • FEW HUNDRED YARDS BELOW THE WESTLAKE (NORTH)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite
    Rock description Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Wood River Formation-Quartzose Sandstone
    Rock description Wood River Form.-Quartzose Sandstone

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form SEAMS
    Strike N 60 DEG W
    Dip NE
    Width 0.46M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Mineral Hill District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 4.57M

Comments on the workings information

  • 15 FT. SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, A. L., AND OTHERS, 1950, DETAILED GEOLOGY OF CERTAIN AREAS IN THE MINERAL HILL AND WARM SPRINGS MINING DISTRICTS: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 90, P. 3

  • Deposit

    1949 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL., PAMPHLET 9

  • Production

    ANDERSON, A. L., AND OTHERS, 1950, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 90, P. 30.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1976 Murphy, Lyn S.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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