The Pioneer Mine is a silver and gold mine located in Beaverhead county, Montana at an elevation of 5,801 feet.
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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
Elevation: 5,801 Feet (1,768 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 45.15778, -112.97861
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Pioneer Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Pioneer Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Montana
County: Beaverhead
District: Bannack District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: New York-Montana Mines
Years: 1950 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Pioneer Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Overthrust Fault Present In Mine, Folding And Faulting.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Mississippian
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Production): ORE SHIPPED TO ANACONDA SMELTER.
Comment (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)
References
Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 6.
Reference (Deposit): MBMG MEM 31, P. 7.
Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 79-1426.
Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 85, P. 83.
Reference (Production): MIN. RES. U.S. 1943, P. 396
Principal Gold Districts of Montana
In Montana, 54 mining districts have each have produced more than 10,000 ounces of gold. The largest producers are Butte, Helena, Marysville, and Virginia City, each having produced more than one million ounces. Twenty seven other districts are each credited with between 100,000 and one million ounces of gold production. Read more: Principal Gold Districts of Montana.
