The Pioneer District-Colorado is a lead, zinc, and silver mine located in Dolores county, Colorado.
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Pioneer District-Colorado MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Pioneer District-Colorado
Secondary: Rico District
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Manganese
Location
State: Colorado
County: Dolores
District: RICO DISTRICT
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: RICO-ARGENTINE MINING CO.
Home Office: SALT LAKE CITY, UT
Info Year: 1949
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: District
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: REPLACEMENT (BLANKET VEIN), FISSURE VEIN
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1949
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic replacement
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: SAN JUAN UPLIFT, PARADOX BASIN
Type: L
Description: RICO DOME
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Not available
References
Reference (Deposit): MCKNIGHT, E.T., 1974, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE RICO DISTRICT, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 723, P. 73-75, 92-93.
Reference (Deposit): PRATT, W.P., AND OTHERS, 1969, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE RICO QUADRANGLE, DOLORES AND MONTEZUMA COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-797.
Reference (Deposit): RANSOME, F.L., 1901, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF THE RICO MOUNTAINS, COLORADO: USGS 22D ANN, REPT., PT. 2, P. 350.
Reference (Deposit): CROSS, WHITMAN, AND RANSOME, F.L., 1905, DESCRIPTION OF THE RICO QUADRANGLE: USGS FOLIO 130.
Reference (Deposit): COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPTS. AND ANNUAL OPERATOR REPTS.
Reference (Deposit): BLM MINERAL SURVEYS MS 1441, 5909, 5910, 5911, 5913, 5916, 5917, 5923, 6282, 6796, 6960, 11814, 12302, 12302, 12304
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