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Paymaster Mine Group

Producer in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodities Silver, Copper, Lead, Gold, Zinc
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Production statistics
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039583
MRDS ID M050372
Record type Site
Current site name Paymaster Mine Group
Alternate or previous names Victoria Group
Related records 10283151

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.12069, 31.94568 (WGS84)
Elevation 1158
Relative position 4 1/2 MILES NW OF TWIN BUTTES

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Twin Buttes(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sells(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Santa Cruz(hydrologic unit)

Santa Cruz(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 017S 012E 15,16,21,22 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • E CENTRAL SECTION 16 .

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Lead Secondary
Gold Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Strong Clay And Sericite Alteration.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.12069, 31.94568
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Eastern Edge Of San Xavier Thrust Fault Block.

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike N 08 E
    Dip 70 W
    Depth to bottom 91.44M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralization Tends To Prefer The More Steeply Dipping Parts Of The Vein

Comments on the geologic information

  • HIGH ANGLE REVERSE AND NORMAL FAULTS ARE FOUND IN THE SAN XAVIER THRUST SHEET PARALLELING ITS MARGINS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1880
Year of last production 1950

Mining district

District name Pima District

Production statistics

  • Year 1941
    Period 1880 - 1941
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^3 % Pb, 20 Oz Ag/Ton, 2 % Cu, Minor Au, Zn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Silver Silver 565g/mt
    Major Ore Copper Copper 2wt-pct
    Ore Lead Lead 3wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • WORKED SPORADICALLY FROM LATE 1800'S TO 1941 .

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT OPERATIONS. NUMBERS AS OF 1960

Comments on development

  • OPERATORS INCLUDED PAYMASTER SILVER, CONSOLIDATED MINING CO, ELLINGTON & HAGEN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S. B., 1974 , INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 189 , P. 136 .

  • Deposit

    MAYUGA, M. N., 1942 , THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE HELMET PEAK AREA, PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: UNIV. ARIZ., PHD THESIS, P. 119 .

  • Deposit

    WILSON, E. D., 1950 , ARIZONA ZINC AND LEAD DEPOSITS PART 1 : ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 156 , P. 49 .

  • Deposit

    WALLER, H.E., 1960, THE GEOLOGY OF THE PAYMASTER AND AND OLIVETTE MINING AREAS, PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: M.S. THESIS, UNIV OF ARIZ

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 1112-C.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    ( 8 ) ABM BULLETIN 189 , P. 136 . ( 9 ) ABM BULLETIN 140 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN DIPS WESTERLY ON THE SURFACE, BUT TURNS EASTERLY AT 250 FOOT-LEVEL AND FOLLOWS THE ANDESITE-PREC. GRANITE CONTACT.
Deposit RECORD INFORMATION ALSO SUPPLIED BY ABGMT
Deposit THIS RECORD CONTAINS INFORMATION FROM DUPLICATE RECORD D002808 OF J. WILLIAM HASLER WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1972 Theodore, Ted G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-1981 Rodriguez, Ignacio J. (Gest, Don E.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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