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Paymaster Mine

Occurrence in Madison county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094585
MRDS ID D009662
Record type Site
Current site name Paymaster Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.0203, 45.44823 (WGS84)
Elevation 2268
Relative position 8.5 MI E OF SHERIDAN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Copper Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ruby(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Beaverhead-Deerlodge 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 Montana Madison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 004S 003W 31 CENTER OF N2 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • 1.5 NI N30E OF COPPER MTN. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1978)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Jasper Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification, Gangue

Analytical data

Result 1 GOSSAN GRAB SAMPLE SHOWED 15 OZ/TON AG, .07% PB AND .05% ZN.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.0203, 45.44823
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PODS
    Strike N18E
    Dip 35W

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Sheridan (Ramshorn Creek) District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner M. R. Massey
    Home office Sheridan, Mt.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 6.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL OPEN CUTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PEARSON, ROBERT C., USGS, 1981, FIELD INSPECTION

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN FOLLOWS FAULT ZONE. ZONE IS CONTINUOUS TO BETSY BAKER MINE, 0.5 MI NORTH.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1982 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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