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Payroll Mine

Past Producer in Mohave county in Arizona, United States with commodities Silver, Zinc, Copper, Gold, Lead, Molybdenum
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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. 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. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027802
MRDS ID M004146
Record type Site
Current site name Payroll Mine
Related records 10234846

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.17413, 35.41418 (WGS84)
Elevation 1390
Relative position 1.5 MILES E OF CHLORIDE , ABOUT 1.7 MILES E OF SILVER HILL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mohave(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chloride(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Davis Dam(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kingman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sacramento Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Mohave

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 023N 018W 02 NW OF SW OF NE Arizona

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Silver Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Ithaca Peak Granite
    Rock description Ithaca Peak Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.17413, 35.41418
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Prec Schistosity N30e, Lcret Veins, Fissures, Dikes Nw To Nnw Regionally

Ore body information

  • Strike N 35 W
    Dip 85NE
    Length 1609.3M
    Width 3.66M
    Depth to bottom 182.88M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure Vein Locally Associated With Diabase Dike

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINERALIZATION ASSOCIATED WITH PORPHYRY INTRUSION, LCRET

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1887
Discoverer J.W. Murphy
Production years 1901 - 1948

Mining district

District name Wallapai District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • GRADES OF ORE GIVEN ARE HIGHEST ASSAY FIGURES TAKEN FROM DIFFERENT LOCALITIES IN THE MINE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 304.8M
    Overall depth 182.88M

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 SHAFTS (1 DEEP, 2 SHALLOW); DRIFTING AT 50, 200, 400, AND 600 FT LEVELS; TUNNELS

Comments on development

  • 2 CLAIMS: PAYROLL AND BLACK PRINCE; PREVIOUS OWNERS AND OPERAOTRS INCLUDE MRS. MARY MURPHY, J.J. HAWKINS, PAYROLL CONSOLIDATED MINING, THOMAS B. SCOTT, JR., RALPH R. LANGLEY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DINGS, M. G., 1951 , THE WALLAPAI MINING DISTRICT, CERBAT MOUNTAINS, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA; U.S.G.S. BULL. 978-E

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER, F. C., 1909 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE CERBAT RANGE, BLACK MOUNTAINS, AND GRAND WASH CLIFFS, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA; U.S.G.S. BULL. 397

  • Deposit

    HAURY, P. S., 1947 , EXAMINATION OF ZN-PB MINES IN THE WALLAPAI MINING DISTRICT, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.B.M. R.I. 4101

  • Production

    U.S.G.S. BULL. 978-E; U.S.B.M. R.I. 4101

  • Reserve-Resource

    U.S.B.M. R.I. 4101

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 3 PARALLEL VEINS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1978 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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