The Pioneer is a gold mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 1,900 feet.
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: 1,900 Feet (579 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 65.0625, -147.35000
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Pioneer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Pioneer
Secondary: Minnie Ha-Ha
Secondary: I.B.
Secondary: Mccarty
Secondary: Jamesonite Vein
Secondary: Caribou
Secondary: American Eagle Vein
Secondary: Marigold
Secondary: Harrietta
Secondary: Willie
Secondary: Pennsylvania
Secondary: Free Gold
Secondary: Laughing Water
Secondary: Henry Clay
Secondary: Mccarty Group
Secondary: Big Vein
Secondary: Henry Ford Vein
Secondary: Blue Lead Vein
Secondary: Buttonweezer
Secondary: Little Jim
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Antimony
Location
State: Alaska
District: Fairbanks District
Land Status
Land ownership: State
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
Type: Located Claim
Type: Patented
Workings
Type: Surface
Ownership
Owner Name: Placid Oil Co.
Company ID: 5001436
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Texas
Info Year: 1982
Production
Year: 1942
Description: Head Value Of Ore=$31.91 2474 Short Tons Ore
Year: 1941
Description: Head Value Of Ore=$43.98 3006 Short Tons Ore
Year: 1940
Description: Head Value Of Ore=$68.67 3339 Short Tons Ore
Year: 1939
Description: Head Value Of Ore=$67.51 3176 Short Tons Ore
Year: 1938
Description: Head Value Of Ore=$77.36 1236 Short Tons Ore
Year: 1937
Description: 887 Short Tons Ore
Year: 1936
Description: 343 Short Tons Ore
Year: 1933
Description: 28 Short Tons Ore
Year: 1931
Description: 27 Short Tons Ore
Year: 1929
Description: 527 Short Tons Ore
Year: 1928
Description: 521 Short Tons Ore
Year: 1927
Description: 180 Short Tons Ore
Year: 1917
Description: 50 Short Tons Ore
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1911
Discovery Year: 1908
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
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Sphalerite
Unknown: Stibnite
Unknown: Arsenopyrite
Unknown: Gold
Unknown: Jamesonite
Unknown: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): CLAIMS WILLIE, MARIGOLD, HENRY FORD, & HENRY CLAY PATENTED UNDER M.S. 2198 AND PAT. 1230877 USGS CRIB A001832 USGS CRIB A001855 USGS CRIB A001831
Comment (Reference): SANDERS, R.H., 1963, 4PP. (TDM EXAM RPT PE 49-18)
Comment (Production): MAJOR PRODUCTION OF THE MINE OCCURRED WHILE UNDER THE OPERATION BY U.S. SMELTING, REFINING & MINING COMPANY 1969 EXPLORATION PERFORMED BY INTERNATIONAL MINERALS (IMC)
Comment (Reserve-Resource): M1C1=RC1 QUANTITY MATRIX ESTIMATED THE SAME AS PUBLISHED RESERVES.
References
Reference (Deposit): PE49-4
Reference (Deposit): B910A pp. 23-24
Reference (Deposit): B917A pp. 25-26
Reference (Deposit): B926A p. 22
Reference (Deposit): PE49-5
Reference (Deposit): B933A p. 22
Reference (Deposit): TDM1 p. 10
Reference (Deposit): TDM2 pp. 7-8
Reference (Deposit): OF42 pp. 12-14, 33-35, 41-42
Reference (Deposit): GC13 p. 15
Reference (Deposit): P625D p. 8
Reference (Deposit): KEYSTONE 1
Reference (Deposit): MF413
Reference (Deposit): B844A p. 19
Reference (Deposit): B849B pp. 75, 102-106
Reference (Deposit): B864A p. 20
Reference (Deposit): B897A p. 22
Reference (Deposit): BMB142 pp. 53, 230
Reference (Deposit): B662o pp. 411-412
Reference (Deposit): B692r p. 322
Reference (Deposit): B810a p. 14
Reference (Deposit): B813a p. 17
Reference (Deposit): B824a p. 20
Reference (Deposit): B836a pp. 19-20
Reference (Deposit): AMR 81-82
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 049-103
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 049-358
Reference (Reserve-Resource): KEYSTONE 1 p. ii
Reference (Deposit): B442m p. 227
Reference (Deposit): B480c p. 34
Reference (Deposit): B520c p. 31
Reference (Deposit): B525b pp. 164-167
Reference (Deposit): B542i pp. 149-153
Reference (Deposit): B592q p. 331
Reference (Deposit): B642c p. 60
Reference (Deposit): KEYSTONE 2
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