Paymaster Mine

Past Producer in Washington county in Utah, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Silver
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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021282
MRDS ID DC15468
Record type Site
Current site name Paymaster Mine
Related records 10204145

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.80637, 37.06581 (WGS84)
Elevation 1719
Relative position 6700 FEET SOUTHWEST OF JARVIS PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jarvis Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saint George(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cedar City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Virgin(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management UT)

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

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Washington

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 043S 017W 06 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SW 1/4 SW 1/4 SW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Plumbojarosite Ore
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Pen Limestone
    Rock description Pen Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.80637, 37.06581

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Beaver Dam Mts

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 1.22M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1884

Mining district

District name Tutsagabet

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • PROD - 1916, 1923, 1937

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 304.8M
    Overall depth 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A VERTICAL SHAFT, AN ADIT & SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET OF DRIFTING & STOPING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PERRY, LEE I. AND BLAIR M. MCCARTHY, 1976, LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH-1976: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY OPEN FILE REPORT #22 P. 524-525

  • Deposit

    BULLOCK, K.C., 1967, MINERALS IN UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY BULLETIN #76 237 P.

  • Deposit

    BUTLER, B.S. AND OTHERS, 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PROF: PAPER #111 672 P.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. COMP. DATE, 02-18-1965

  • Deposit

    1976 RECON UTAH GEOLOGICAL & MINERAL SURVE

  • Production

    L.I. PERRY, 1979

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1979 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1981 Perry, Lee I. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references