Paymaster

Past Producer in Grant county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Gold
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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014625
MRDS ID D011477
Record type Site
Current site name Paymaster
Related records 10223338

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.40479, 32.54595 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Burro Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mimbres(hydrologic unit)

Mimbres(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Mimbres(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
020S 025W 21,28 SW4 (21); NW4 (28) New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Lead Ore
Silver Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.40479, 32.54595

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name White Signal District, Burro Mnts. Area

Comments on development

  • MINED IN 1900'S FOR GOLD

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GILLERMAN, E., 1964, NMBMMR BULL. 83, P. 97-98

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO SUBPARALLEL VEINS (N85E AND N80E) ALONG RYOLITE AND QTZ MONZONITE PORPHYRY DIKES IN GRANITE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1984 Davies, Robert C. (Worl, Ron) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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