Paymaster

Past Producer in Ontario, Canada with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Ownership information
  11. Reserves and resources
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10133128
MAS/MILS ID 1220400009
Record type Site
Current site name Paymaster
Alternate or previous names Consolidated Gillis, Porcupine-Paymaster

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -81.26308, 48.4583 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada Ontario

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -81.26308, 48.4583

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Year of first production 1935

Mining district

District name Timmins

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Placer Dome Canada Ltd. (Placer Dome Inc.)
    Interest 100
    Home office Canada
    Year 1997
    First year 1992
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Placer Dome Inc.
    Interest 64
    Home office Canada
    Year 1992
    First year 1989
    Last year 1992
  • Type Owner
    Owner American Reserve Mining Corp. (Name Change, 94 See Comm)
    Interest 36
    Home office Canada
    Year 1992
    First year 1989
    Last year 1992

Comments on the ownership information

  • OWNERSHIP TABLE RECORD #3: AMERICAN RESERVE MINING CORPORATION CHANGED ITS NAME TO AMI RESOURCES INC. IN DEC. 1994.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1978
    Indicated 470000mt ore
    Demonstrated 470000mt ore
    Total resources 470000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 8.6 g/mt Gold Major 1978
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1991
    Demonstrated 910000mt ore
    Total resources 910000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 8.6 g/mt Gold Major 1991

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Ownership

    SEE PLACER DOME INC 1991-1992 FORM 10-K REPORTS FOR HISTOR-

  • Ownership

    ICAL OWNERSHIP DATA.

  • Reserve-Resource

    CRANSTONE, D.A. AND R.T. WHILLANS, CANADIAN RESERVES OF

  • Reserve-Resource

    COPPER, NICKEL, LEAD, ZINC, MOLYBDENUM, SILVER AND GOLD

  • Reserve-Resource

    AS OF JAN.1, 1978, EMR CANADA, MINERALS, MR 185, 1979,

  • Reserve-Resource

    P.22.

  • Reserve-Resource

    PLACER DOME INC. PRESS RELEASE. 2/3/92, P.2.

  • Deposit

    ANNIS, R.C.,D.A. CRANSTONE AND M. VALLEE, A SURVEY OF KNOWN

  • Deposit

    MINERAL DEPOSITS IN CANADA THAT ARE NOT BEING MINED;

  • Deposit

    ENERGY,MINES AND RESOURCES CANADA,MINERALS, MR 181,1978,

  • Deposit

    P.66.

  • Deposit

    CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK 1979-80,NORTHERN MINER PRESS LTD.,

  • Deposit

    1979, P.32

  • Deposit

    NORTHERN MINER, ASSOC. PORCUPINE MAY REOPEN MINE; OCT.5,

  • Deposit

    1978, P.7

  • Deposit

    METALS SOURCEBOOK, NOV.11, 1973, (A5009).

  • Deposit

    CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1996-97, PP, 343, 469(DOME MINE),

  • Deposit

    AND 481(PAYMASTER PROJECT).

  • Deposit

    PLACER DOME INC. ANNUAL & FORM 10-K REPORTS.

  • Deposit

    CANADIAN MINES; MR #189.

  • Deposit

    CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1990-91, PP. 48, 363.

  • Deposit

    CANADIAN MINES; MR #223, 1989, ONT-269, 12/31/89.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 17-JUL-97 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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Operator history (post-MRDS)

MRDS records operators as of each record's last update (≤ 2019). Some of the operators listed here have since changed hands or dissolved:

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