Pioneer Mines, Inc. Prospects

Occurrence in Shoshone county in Idaho, United States with commodity Silver
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078414
MRDS ID W026727
Record type Site
Current site name Pioneer Mines, Inc. Prospects
Related records 10266039, 10290470

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.97158, 47.44209 (WGS84)
Elevation 1287
Relative position 3 MI SW OF WALLACE FROM E FK BIG CREEK TO HEADWATERS OF PLACER CREEK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shoshone(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wallace(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wallace(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wallace(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Coeur d'Alene(hydrologic unit)

Spokane(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Idaho Panhandle National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Shoshone

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 047N 004E 05,06,07,08,09,10 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • ADJACENT PROPERTY CONTINUES INTO T 47 N, R 4 E, SECS 13 , 14 , 15 ; T 47 N, R 3 E, SECS 1 AND 12 ; T 48 N, R 3 E, SECS 26 , 27 , 35 , 36

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Lower Wallace Formation
    Rock description Lower Wallace Formationt

Nearby scientific data

(1) Lower Missoula Group.

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Placer Creek Fault Intersects Property

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Coeur D'Alene District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Coeur d'Alene National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Pioneer Mines Inc.

Comments on the workings information

  • ASSESSMENT WORK ONLY

Comments on development

  • 124 CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WESTERN MINING NEWS, 1974 - 75 DIRECTORY OF MINES IN IDAHO (COEUR D'ALENES) AND WASHINGTON, P. 106

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1975 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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