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Payroll Mine

Past Producer in Rio Arriba county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Gold, Copper
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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. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087923
MRDS ID D010916
Record type Site
Current site name Payroll Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.16808, 36.65754 (WGS84)
Elevation 2957
Relative position ABOUT 22 MILES S 83 E OF TIERRA AMARILLA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Rio Arriba(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Burned Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chama(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Aztec(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rio Chama(hydrologic unit)

Upper Rio Grande(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Carson National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Rio Arriba

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 028N 007E 14 SW New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN SHAFT.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Calcite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Moppin Metavolcanic Series
    Rock description Moppin Metavolcanic Series
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.16808, 36.65754
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1889
Discoverer Keystone Copper Mining Co.
Year of first production 1895
Year of last production 1908

Mining district

District name Bromide No. 2 District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Keystone Bromide Copper Co.
    First year 1908

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 304.8M
    Overall depth 81.38M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN THE 1900'S CONSISTED OF A 267 FT. SHAFT WITH A 73 FT. CROSSCUT AND A 63 FT. DRIFT ON THE 250 FT. LEVEL AND A TUNNEL ABOUT 900 FT. IN LENGTH.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 130-131

  • Deposit

    BINGLER, E.C., 1968 NMBMMR BULL 91, P. 94

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ONE PATENTED CLAIM MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 1136 COVERING 20.58 ACRES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1983 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

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