| Deposit ID | 10240525 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DC05607 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 81170135 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Paymaster |
| Related records | 10108420 |
| Point of reference | Main Entrance |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -105.79889, 39.62012 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 3609 |
| Location accuracy | 10(meters) |
| Relative position | Adit on MF-2163. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Summit(county)
Colorado(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Montezuma(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Denver West(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Denver(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Blue(hydrologic unit)
Colorado Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)
Colorado Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)
Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
White River National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Colorado | Summit |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6th Principal | 005S | 075W | 16 | NW | Colorado |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Lead | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Zinc Critical | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Galena | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Barite | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Unknown |
| Sphalerite | Unknown |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite |
| Main Entrance (1) | -105.79889, 39.62012 |
|---|
| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1869 |
| Production years | 1882, 1886, 1917, 1922 |
| District name | Montezuma - Geneva Creek |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Patented |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Year | 1892 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1887-92 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 81170135 | |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DC05607 | included in combined record for 3 mines, newMRDS 10108420, which has been deleted. |
Lovering, T.S., 1935, Geology and ore deposits of the Montezuma Quadrangle, Colorado: USGS PP 178, p. 92.
WILSON, ANNA B., AND LAROCK, EDWARD J., 1992, MINERALIZED AREAS AND PRINCIPAL LODE MINES IN SOUTHERN SUMMIT COUNTY, COLORADO, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-2163, SCALE 1:50,000.
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 1978-09-21 | Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) | U.S. Bureau of Mines | |
| Editor | 2007-08-07 | Melton, Greg | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Editor | 2012-10-22 | Wilson, Anna B | U.S. Geological Survey | updated and corrected production. Seems to have been mis-grouped with Waldorf and Commonwealth on the other side of the divide in Clear Creek County. |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.
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