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Paymaster Mine

Past Producer in Trinity county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Copper, Silver
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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. Land status
  13. Production statistics
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035909
MRDS ID M023862
Record type Site
Current site name Paymaster Mine
Related records 10214891

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.74971, 40.74679 (WGS84)
Elevation 884
Relative position 2 MI. N. DEADWOOD SITE OFF SOUTH FORK OF EASTMAN GULCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Trinity(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

French Gulch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Redding(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Redding(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Trinity(hydrologic unit)

Klamath(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(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 Trinity

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 033N 008W 02 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. UNSURVEYED FOR TOWNSHIP, RANGE AND SECTION. LOCATION PROJECTED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Secondary
Copper Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Ocher Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.74971, 40.74679
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N65E
    Dip 90

Comments on the geologic information

  • 25 FT. THICK DIORITE DIKE. INTRUDES COPLEY META-ANDESITE OR GREENSTONE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Production statistics

  • Year 1941
    Period -1941
    Material AU ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^12 Oz/Ton Au
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Gold Gold 339g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND. AU: AG WAS 4:1

Comments on the workings information

  • OLD ADIT LEVEL WITH 150 FT. CROSSCUT AND SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET OF DRIFTS. OLDER WORK INCLUDED STOPING VEIN FOR LENGTH OF 300 FT. TO 400 FT. TO A LEVEL 90 FT ABOVE. RAISES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AVERILL,C.V., 1941, MINERAL RESOURCES OF TRINITY COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 37, NO. 1, P. 53-54

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C.V., 1933, GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE REDDING AND WEAVERVILLE QUADRANGLE CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 29, P. 43

  • Deposit

    GOODWIN, J.G., 1957, LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 53, NOS. 3 & 4, P. 706

  • Production

    AVERILL (1941) GOODWIN (1957)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 GROUPS OF CLAIMS. ONE INCLUDED BINGO AND JUMBO LODE CLAIMS, AND 2 PLACERS, OTHERS INCLUDED READJUSTER, BUFFALO, EAGLE BIRD, MINNIE MAY, AND PAYMASTER MILLSITE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit VEIN(S), 18 IN. THICK. CONSIST OF GOUGE, AND OCHER WITH OCCASIONAL BUNCHES OF QUARTZ

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Nelson, Scott C. (Albers, John, P.) U.S. Geological Survey

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