Pioneer Deposit

Past Producer in Idaho county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Zinc, 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. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071484
MRDS ID W014905
MAS/MILS ID 0160490547
Record type Site
Current site name Pioneer Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.43628, 45.89377 (WGS84)
Elevation 1341
Relative position 4.75 MI N OF ELK CITY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Idaho(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lick Point(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Clearwater(hydrologic unit)

Clearwater(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Idaho

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 030N 008E 34 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Belt Supergroup
    Rock description Belt Supergroup-Gneiss, Schist

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Elk City District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Nez Perce National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Shenon, P. J., And Reed, J. C., 1934, Geology Of The Elk City Mining District, Idaho: Am. Inst. Mining And Metall. Engineers Tech. Pub. 562, 27 P

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1976 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 13-OCT-1990 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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