The Pilgrim Mine is a zinc and lead mine located in Clark county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,482 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,482 Feet (1,366 Meters)
Commodity: Zinc, Lead
Lat, Long: 35.86917, -115.48806
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Pilgrim Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Pilgrim Mine
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Nevada
County: Clark
District: Goodsprings
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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Pilgrim Mining Co.
Years: 1922 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic replacement
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Large Scale Overthrusts; Potosi Thrust A Few Hundred Ft. To The E
Type: L
Description: Locally Folded And Jointed
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Calamine
Ore: Hydrozincite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Wulfenite
Ore: Pyromorphite
Comments
Comment (Workings): LARGEST STOPE LIES ABOVE 60 FT.-LEVEL
Comment (Geology): LEAD MINERALS MORE ABUNDANT THAN ZINC. GALENA IS COARSE CRYSTALS IN CAVERNOUS DOLOMITE BRECCIA. NEARLY PURE PYROMORPHITE VEIN ( 8 INCHES WIDE ) PRESENT. ORE MAINLY IN FOLDS ALONG THE BEDDING PLANES.
References
Reference (Deposit): HEWETT, 1931 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF GOODSPRINGS QUAD., USGS PROF. PAPER 162 , P. 127 .
Reference (Deposit): LONGWELL, C. R., PAMPEYAN, E. H., BOWYER, B., ROBERTS, R. J., 1965 , GEOLOGY OF MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CLARK CO.: NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 62 .
Reference (Deposit): SCHILLING, 1962 B, MOLYBDENUM IN NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, REPORT 2 .
Reference (Production): LONGWELL, ETAL, 1965
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
