The Pioneer Prospect is a gold, antimony, and mercury mine located in Baker county, Oregon.
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
Elevation:
Commodity: Gold, Antimony, Mercury
Lat, Long: 44.51111, -118.07306
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Pioneer Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Pioneer Prospect
Secondary: Hereford Antimony Prospect
Secondary: Alkali Springs
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Antimony
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: Oregon
County: Baker
District: Upper Burnt River
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: James Anderson, James Dickerson, Albert Smith
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1958
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Blue Mountain Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Slight Clay And Limonite Alteration
Rocks
Name: Dacite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Stibnite
Ore: Cinnabar
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): NE/4 SEC 20 NW/4 SEC 19
Comment (Workings): DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF A 15 - FT. SHAFT AND SEVERAL BULLDOZER TRENCHES.
Comment (Geology): THE DACITE PORPHYRY LOCALLY CONTAINS DISSEMINATED PYRITE. CINNABAR OCCURS WITH CLAY AND LIMONITE IN A FAULT BRECCIA IN THE DACITE. ; GEOL.DESC: PART OF PROPERTY IS OCCUPIED BY AN ACTIVE HOT SPRING; A NEARLY VERTICAL FAULT, TRENDING N 75 W IS EXPLORED BY WORKINGS.
Comment (Deposit): CONSV. RECORD ( M014122 ) HAS BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED FROM THE OREGON FILE.
References
Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H. C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, BULL. 55, 223 P
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