Pioneer Gulch Prospect

The Pioneer Gulch Prospect is a gold mine located in Alaska.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Pioneer Gulch Prospect

Commodity

Primary: Gold

Location

State: Alaska

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Early Cambrian

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Pyrite

Comments

Comment (Workings): SHAFT SUNK ON QUARTZ-CALCITE VEIN.

Comment (Location): USGS MF-247, LOC. 14. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Comment (Deposit): FREE GOLD IN NARROW QUARTZ-CALCITE STRINGERS CONTAINING MINOR AMOUNTS OF PYRITE AND ARSENOPYRITE.

Comment (Deposit): THIS SITE NAME WAS CREATED BY THE REPORTER OR OTHER USGS EMPLOYEE BASED ON PROXIMITY TO SOME MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE.

Comment (Development): PROSPECTED CIRCA 1907; HAD BEEN LONG ABANDONED AS OF 1920.

References

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULLETIN 345, P. 233.

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULLETIN 533, P. 131.

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULLETIN 722, P. 253.

Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-247, LOC. 14.

Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 77-796-B, P. 30, LOC. 394.

Reference (Other Database): BAG-MF-463-35

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