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Paymaster Mine

Past Producer in Imperial county in California, United States with commodities Silver, Lead
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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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10064344
MRDS ID TC38687
Record type Site
Current site name Paymaster Mine
Alternate or previous names Emilia, Hazel, President
Related records 10285353

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.90636, 33.19562 (WGS84)
Relative position 3.5 MI NE OF MOUNT BARROW.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Imperial(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Barrow(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Trigo Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salton Sea(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Imperial Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Imperial

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 11S 20E 19;30 SE (19); NW (30) California

Comments on the location information

  • NE ARM OF CENTRAL CHOCOLATE MOUNTAINS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Cerargyrite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Barite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.90636, 33.19562
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N35-65E
    Dip 65-75NW
    Width 12.8M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1919-1921, 1922-1923 TAILINGS CYANIDED, 1938-1939

Mining district

District name Chocolate Mountains

Comments on the production information

  • 25,000 TONS OF ORE VALUED AT $170,000, 50% ERROR POSSIBLE ON TONNAGE ESTIMATE AND VALUE.

Comments on the workings information

  • PAYMASTER: 325 FT INCLINED SHAFT, 125 FT LONG 8-15 FT WIDE STOPE EXTENDS TO SURFACE. PRESIDENT: 450 FT INCLINED SHAFT WITH LEVELS EVERY 50 FT, 1000 FT OF HORIZONTAL WORKINGS. HAZEL: 50 FT AND 100 FT SHAFT, UNDETERMINED LATERAL WORKINGS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORTON, P.K., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF IMPERIAL COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CAL. DIV. MINES AND GEOLOGY, COUNTY REPORT NO. 7, P. 92-93

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PARALLEL TO FOLIATION IN SCHIST, SPARSE BLUE COPPER STAINING IN PARTS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1993 Unkefer, Jason U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative California resources

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