Paymaster

Past Producer in Summit county in Colorado, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Gold, Copper, 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Production statistics
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10240525
MRDS ID DC05607
MAS/MILS ID 81170135
Record type Site
Current site name Paymaster
Related records 10108420

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -105.79889, 39.62012 (WGS84)
Elevation 3609
Location accuracy 10(meters)
Relative position Adit on MF-2163.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Summit(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Montezuma(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Denver West(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Denver(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Blue(hydrologic unit)

Colorado Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Colorado Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

White River 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 Colorado Summit

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 005S 075W 16 NW Colorado

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Quartz Gangue
Barite Gangue
Pyrite Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -105.79889, 39.62012

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1869
Production years 1882, 1886, 1917, 1922

Mining district

District name Montezuma - Geneva Creek

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the ownership information

  • Patented in 1881.

Production statistics

  • Year 1892
    Period 1887-92
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor Gold Gold 3825.72g
    Trace Silver Silver 1984433.19g
    Major Lead Lead 660780.21mt

Comments on the production information

  • Small production is combined with Peruvian Mine. See ID# 10240498.

Comments on the workings information

  • 80 ft. shaft, 3-story mill, and 1,300 ft. tramline.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1978-09-21 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines
Editor 2007-08-07 Melton, Greg U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 2012-10-22 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey updated and corrected production. Seems to have been mis-grouped with Waldorf and Commonwealth on the other side of the divide in Clear Creek County.

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Colorado resources

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