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Paymaster Mine

Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044173
MRDS ID M231534
Record type Site
Current site name Paymaster Mine
Alternate or previous names Phonolite Paymaster Group: Paymaster Extension, Paymaster Extension No. 1, Last Chance, Last Chance No. 1, Defender, Paymaster, Paymaster Annex, Wild Horse, Wild Horse No. 1 To No. 3, Wild Horse Extension, Wild Horse Annex.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.77816, 39.07603 (WGS84)
Elevation 2009
Relative position 0.8 MILES W-SW OF PHONOLITE TOWNSITE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Burnt Cabin Summit(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Smith Creek Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Millett(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Gabbs Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 014N 037E 14 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP AND RANGE PROJECTED FROM WEST

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Iron Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillization, Sericitization, Silicification

Analytical data

Result ASSAY SAMPLES RANGE IN VALUE FROM $1 TO $35 PER TON IN GOLD AND SILVER.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.77816, 39.07603
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description A Large Northeast Striking Fault Located South Of The Mine.

Ore body information

  • Width 40M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone (?)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Bruner District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Golden Eagle Mining And Milling Co.
    First year 1980
  • Type Owner
    Owner Jesse R. Wilson
    Home office P.O. Box 596, Sparks, Nv 89431
    First year 1981

Comments on the production information

  • AMOUNT UNKNOWN

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 375 FT SHAFT WITH THREE LEVELS 125 FT APART AND 2,000 FT OF DRIFTS.

Comments on development

  • OWNED IN 1922 BY THE KANSAS CITY-NEVADA CONSOLIDATEDMINES COMPANY WHICH WAS INCORPORATED IN 1915 HOLDING 25 PATENTED CLAIMS OVER 487 ACRES. A 50-TON MILL WAS BUILT AT BRUNER IN 1919 AND REMODELED IN 1921. THE COMPANY TOOK OVER THE HOLDINGS OF THE BIG HENRY GOLD MINING CO,PHONOLITE-PAYMASTER MINING CO, PHONOLITE- SILENT FRIEND CO.,AND DULUTH GOLD MINING CO. IT WAS LISTED AS AN ACTIVE OPEN PIT MINE AND CYANIDIZATION MILL IN 1980, EMPLOYING 3 PERSONS.LISTED AS AN ACTIVE OPEN PIT GOLD-SILVER MINE IN 1981, WITH CYANIDATION MILL, EMPLOYING 2 PERSONS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 50, P. 27

  • Deposit

    SCHILLING, JOHN, AND HALL, JOYCE, 1980, THE NEVADA MINERAL INDUSTRY 1980: NBMG SPECIAL PUBLICATION MI-1980.

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE, L.J.,1981, FIELD EXAMINATION AUG.5,1981.

  • Deposit

    STATE INSPECTOR OF MINES, 1981, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE OPERATIONS ACTIVE IN 1980.

  • Deposit

    STATE INSPECTOR OF MINES, DEC. 1981; DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE OPERATIONS ACTIVE IN CALENDAR YEAR 1981.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GOLD-BEARING CHALCEDONIC QUARTZ FILLS SMALL (0.1-10 MM)VEINLETS AND NARROW HYDROTHERMAL BRECCIA ZONES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1982 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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