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Pioneer Mine

Past Producer in Beaverhead county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019221
MRDS ID DC09069
Record type Site
Current site name Pioneer Mine
Related records 10147758

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.9795, 45.15768 (WGS84)
Elevation 1768
Relative position 1/2 MILE EAST OF BANNACK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaverhead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bannack(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Beaverhead(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Beaverhead

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 008S 011W 08 NE OF NW Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Bannack Stock
    Rock description Bannack Stock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Madison
    Rock description Madison

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.9795, 45.15768
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Overthrust Fault Present In Mine, Folding And Faulting.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1943

Mining district

District name Bannack District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner New York-Montana Mines
    First year 1950

Comments on the production information

  • ORE SHIPPED TO ANACONDA SMELTER.

Comments on development

  • IN THE 30'S THE THOMPSON GOLD CO. DROVE AN ADIT TO FIND THE DOWNWARD EXTENSION OF THE BLUE GRASS-GOLD BUG ORE BODY. THE ADIT REACHED THE CONTACT BUT NO ORE WAS FOUND. (GEACH, 1972)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 6.

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM 31, P. 7.

  • Deposit

    USGS OFR 79-1426.

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 85, P. 83.

  • Production

    MIN. RES. U.S. 1943, P. 396

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-1980 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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