Pioneer

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

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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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