Paymaster Mine

Producer in Santa Cruz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Arsenic
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. 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088911
MRDS ID M899904
Record type Site
Current site name Paymaster Mine
Related records 10186648

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.74206, 31.41375 (WGS84)
Elevation 1798
Relative position 1 MILE NNW OF RED HILL; 4.0 MILES SW OF HARSHAW

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Santa Cruz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Harshaw(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Santa Cruz(hydrologic unit)

Santa Cruz(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Coronado National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Santa Cruz

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 023S 016E 19 SE OF SE Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • ON THE NORTH END OF GUAJOLOTE FLAT; 1/2 MILE SOUTH OF HOMESTSAKE MINE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

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

Comments on the commodity information

  • ARSENIC AS A BYPRODUCT

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Granodiorite Is Strongly Altered, Shattered, Sheeted, And Crushed; Strong Potassic Alteration

Analytical data

Result 1930'S ORE VALUES AVERAGED ABOUT 7% CU, 8 OZ./TON AG, MINOR AU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Tertiary
    Chronological age 58
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Hornblendite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.74206, 31.41375

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Trending Jackalo-Paymaster Vein In Strong Fault Shear Zone Cutting
Type of structure Local
Structure description Nw-Trending, Inferred Guajolote Fault Terminated By Jackalo-Paymaster Fissure Vein Just East Of Paymaster Property

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ne Trending Jackalo-Paymaster Vein In Strong Fault Shear Zone Cutting Granodiorite

Comments on the geologic information

  • SOURCE OF MINERALIZATION BELIEVED TO BE FROM CENTRAL PORTION OF PORPHYRITIC GRANODIORITE INTRUDING GUAJOLOTE FAULT; DEPOSITS IN REGION OCCUR IN FORM OF SUBORDINATE VEINS, LENSES, STRINGERS, AND SEAMS IN FRACTURES, FISSURES, JOINTS, AND SHEETING PLANES IN ROCK

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1937
Year of last production 1941

Mining district

District name Patagonia District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Hutchins And Bond And Matlock
    First year 1939
  • Type Owner
    Owner Richardson Corp.
    First year 1939

Comments on the workings information

  • MOSTLY SHAFT WORKINGS

Comments on development

  • OWNERS AND OPERATORS INCLUDED JACK BOSTWICK, LYNCH, JOE BACON, PAYMASTER SILVER-LEAD CO. (1919)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM-ABGMT PRODUCTION FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    USBM FILE DATA-CLUSTER # 27, PAYMASTER MINE

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S.B., 1975, ABM BULL 191, P. 81

  • Deposit

    ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE DATA, PAYMASTER MINE

  • Deposit

    ABGMT FILES, STANTON B. KEITH

  • Deposit

    SIMONS, FRANKS, 1974, GEOLOGIC MAP AND SECTIONS OF THE NOGALES AND LOCHIEL QUADRANGLES, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA; USGS MAP I-762 (1=4800)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1982 Laraba, Peter H. (Calder, Susan) Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Arizona resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.