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Payoff Mine

Past Producer in San Diego county in California, United States with commodity Tungsten
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Production statistics
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035199
MRDS ID M022377
Record type Site
Current site name Payoff Mine
Related records 10189419

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.50973, 33.25088 (WGS84)
Relative position 2.75 MILES N-NE OF RANCHITA STORE ON SAN YSIDRO MT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Diego(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hot Springs Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Borrego Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Santa Ana(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Salton Sea(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southern Mojave-Salton Sea(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California San Diego

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 011S 005E 06 California

Comments on the location information

  • N 1/2 N 1/2, UTM ACC.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N-NE
    Dip NEAR VERTICAL

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1955

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Production statistics

  • Year 1955
    Period 1955
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^1% Wo3 (Avg.)
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Wo3 Ore Tungsten Tungsten 1wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • MINE HAS BEEN IDLE SINCE LATTER PART OF 1956.

Comments on the workings information

  • 300 (?) FT. DRIFT ADIT DRIVEN N-NE, 40 FT. WINZE WAS SUNK 75 FT. FROM PORTAL OF ADIT WITH SUB-LEVEL OPENED AT BOTTOM OF WINZE. 80 FT. WINZE SUNK FROM SUB-LEVEL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WEBER, H.F., 1963; GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES, SAN DIEGO, CA.; COUNTY REPT. 3; CA. DIV. MINES AND GEOLOGY, P. 278

  • Production

    WEBER, H.F.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEVERAL FT. WIDE AND PROBABLY MORE THAN 500 FT. LONG.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1980 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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