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Paymaster Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047216
MRDS ID M242482
Record type Site
Current site name Paymaster Mine
Alternate or previous names Paymaster Claims, NBMG Sample Site 1382.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.48175, 37.88994 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Paymaster Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ralston-Stone Cabin Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

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

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 001N 040E 36 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 0.5 MILE EAST OF THE ESPERANZA. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericitization

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 1382 CONTAINS 0.5% FE, .005% TI, 100 PPM MN, 100 PPM AG, 500 PPM AS, 20 PPM B, 20 PPM BA, 70 PPM CU, 50 PPM LA, 5000 PPM PB, 700 PPM SB, 10 PPM V.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 60
USGS model code 18c
Deposit model name Skarn Zn-Pb
Mark3 model number 22

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
    Rock unit name Harkless
    Rock description Harkless
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.48175, 37.88994
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Shear Zones

Ore body information

  • Width 0.36M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zones

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Lone Mountain District; Weepah District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner J. H. Bridhtit
    First year 1983

Comments on the workings information

  • MANY SHAFTS, ADITS, SURFACE CUTS, TRENCHES, OLD HOUSE, DRILL HOLES

Comments on development

  • RECENTLY DRILLED (1983) MORE ROADS THAN SHOWN ON TOPO MAP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SPURR,J.E., 1906, USGS PP 55

  • Deposit

    SMITH,P., 1983, FIELD EXAMINATION, MAY 15,1983

  • Deposit

    NBMG OFR 83-8,83-11,83-12,1983

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WORKINGS FOLLOW SHEAR ZONES CONTAINING QUARTZ VEINS WITH OXIDIZED PYRITE. VEINS ASSOCIATED WITH SHEAR ZONES ARE HIGHLY SHEARED AND FRACTURED (CRUSHED), WITH VUGS LINED WITH EU HEDRAL QUARTZ CRYSTALS, ABUNDANT FE-MN STAINS, SERICITE ASSOCIATED WITH QUARTZ AND HOST ROCKS ALONG SHEARS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1985 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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