Paymaster Mine

Past Producer in Blaine county in Idaho, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc
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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10119493
MRDS ID M060183
MAS/MILS ID 160130197
Record type Site
Current site name Paymaster Mine
Related records 10042409

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -113.6583, 43.4783 (WGS84)
Elevation 2141
Location accuracy 100(meters)

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 002 N 023 E 25 NWNEE2 Idaho

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Alabandite Unknown
Arsenopyrite Unknown
Beidellite Unknown
Calcite Unknown
Cerussite Unknown
Chlorite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Pyrrhotite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Sericite Unknown
Smithsonite Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -113.6583, 43.4783

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N45W
    Dip 72W
    Thickness 6M
    Length 92M
    Area 20HA
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 REPLACEMENT
    Primary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Secondary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 PROPYLITIC
    Strike And Dip N45W:72W
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 20
    Date of Last Modification 801001

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Lava Creek District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Spokane-Idaho Mining Co.
    Home office Idaho
    Year 1978
  • Type Operator
    Owner Paymaster, Inc.
    Home office Idaho

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 763M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Number of Adits 6
    1st Condition of Workings PART ACCESSIBLE
    Year of Information 1978

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U S BUREAU OF MINES MINERAL REPORT 79 . 4

  • Deposit

    ID BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. PAM. 32 1929

  • Deposit

    CAMPBELL, 1923, 25TH ANN. REPT. MIN. IND. OF ID FOR 1923,

  • Deposit

    P.58

  • Deposit

    BELL. 1919, 21ST ANN. REPT. MIN. IND. OF ID FOR 1919,

  • Deposit

    P.67

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1995-01-30 Gosling U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references