Paymaster Mine

Past Producer in Blaine county in Idaho, United States with commodities Zinc, Lead, Copper, Silver
Sections on this page
  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. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042409
MRDS ID M060183
Record type Site
Current site name Paymaster Mine
Related records 10119493

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.6583, 43.4783 (WGS84)
Elevation 2042
Relative position 21 MILES SW OF ARCO, IDAHO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Blaine(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Blizzard Mountain South(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Craters of the Moon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Idaho Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lake Walcott(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Blaine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 002N;002N 023E;024E 25;20 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT 1 MI SE TOP OF BLIZZARD MOUNTAIN

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Smithsonite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Albite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Marcasite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Pyrrhotite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Chlorite, Sericite

Analytical data

Result AVERAGE OF 28 SAMPLES FROM UPPER TWO LEVELS IS 1.81 OZ AG/TON, 2.5% PB, 9% ZN ACROSS 5.2 FT.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Quartzite
    Rock description Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.6583, 43.4783

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Several Ne Trending Shear Zones Dipping 65 Deg Nw
Type of structure Regional
Structure description Sw Limb Of Nw-Trending Anticline Intruded By Granite

Ore body information

  • General form STRINGERS
    Strike N 45 DEG W
    Dip 70 DEG SW
    Plunge STEEP
    Plunge direction SE
    Length 173.74M
    Width 4.57M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure Along Contact Between Quartzite And Granite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1890

Mining district

District name Lava Creek District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Paymaster, Inc.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Spokane-Idaho Mining Co.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESERVES CONSIST OF 2 PILES, PERHAPS OF SEVERAL CARS EACH, STORED IN PORTALS OF 2 MAIN TUNNELS

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Length 1432.56M
    Overall depth 152.4M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, A.L., 1929, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE LAVA CREEK DISTRICT, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 32, P. 60-62

  • Deposit

    USBM; 1945-1949, GOLD, SILVER, COPPER, LEAD, AND ZINC IN IDAHO: USBM MINERAL YEARBOOKS FOR 1943-1947

  • Deposit

    1929 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 32

  • Production

    ITEMS 8-12, USBM ECONOMICS AND STATISTICS SERVICE; ITEM 13, USBM, 1945-1949, MINERAL YEARBOOKS FOR 1943-1947

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1973-11-01 Puffett, Willard P. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references