USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Nevada · Clark County
Pilgrim Mine
Unconfirmed Lead Underground
Key facts
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Clark
- Mining district
- Goodsprings
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Underground
- Primary commodity
- Lead
- Verification
- Unconfirmed
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
Sec 8 T24S R58E. Zn, Pb, Cu, Ag, Au. Structure: Large Scale Overthrusts; Potosi Thrust A Few Hundred Ft. To The E Locally Folded And Jointed Deposit type: Polymetallic replacement Geology: Lead minerals more abundant than zinc. Galena is coarse cryst…
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 17 shaft symbols
- 1 adit symbol
View individual source records (2)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
- USGS MRDS working type: Underground
- MRDS work_type documents underground workings: Underground · work_type
Verification
Unconfirmed
Source records support underground workings, but UndergroundMines has not yet independently verified this mine.
Why it's listed
USGS source data documents underground workings for this record.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Past Producer
Operators / organizations
- Pilgrim Mining Co. · Source-reported owner
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Calamine
- Galena
- Hydrozincite
- Pyromorphite
- Wulfenite
- Calamine
- Cerussite
- commodity:Copper
View all 19 reported minerals
- Calamine
- Galena
- Hydrozincite
- Pyromorphite
- Wulfenite
- Calamine
- Cerussite
- commodity:Copper
- commodity:Gold
- commodity:Lead
- commodity:Molybdenum
- commodity:Silver
- commodity:Zinc
- Dolostone
- Galena
- Hemimorphite
- Hydrozincite
- Pyromorphite
- Wulfenite
Access & recent conditions
- Land
- unknown
Community reports
No community field reports yet.
I Visited This MineSources & evidence
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features
Type: Historical mapped physical features
Dataset: DOI 10.5066/P9TAALR6
Supports:
- mapped shaft symbols (17)
- mapped adit symbols (1)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 61584
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (14)
A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.
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