Payroll Mine

The Payroll Mine is a silver and zinc mine located in Mohave county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,560 feet.

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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

Name: Payroll Mine  

State:  Arizona

County:  Mohave

Elevation: 4,560 Feet (1,390 Meters)

Commodity: Silver, Zinc

Lat, Long: 35.41417, -114.17333

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Payroll Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Payroll Mine


Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Tertiary: Molybdenum


Location

State: Arizona
County: Mohave
District: Wallapai District


Land Status

Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Type: Underground


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1887
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Type: R
Description: Prec Schistosity N30e, Lcret Veins, Fissures, Dikes Nw To Nnw Regionally


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Silver
Ore: Molybdenite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite


Comments

Comment (Deposit): 3 PARALLEL VEINS

Comment (Development): 2 CLAIMS: PAYROLL AND BLACK PRINCE; PREVIOUS OWNERS AND OPERAOTRS INCLUDE MRS. MARY MURPHY, J.J. HAWKINS, PAYROLL CONSOLIDATED MINING, THOMAS B. SCOTT, JR., RALPH R. LANGLEY

Comment (Workings): 3 SHAFTS (1 DEEP, 2 SHALLOW); DRIFTING AT 50, 200, 400, AND 600 FT LEVELS; TUNNELS

Comment (Geology): MINERALIZATION ASSOCIATED WITH PORPHYRY INTRUSION, LCRET

Comment (Reserve-Resource): GRADES OF ORE GIVEN ARE HIGHEST ASSAY FIGURES TAKEN FROM DIFFERENT LOCALITIES IN THE MINE


References

Reference (Deposit): DINGS, M. G., 1951 , THE WALLAPAI MINING DISTRICT, CERBAT MOUNTAINS, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA; U.S.G.S. BULL. 978-E

Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F. C., 1909 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE CERBAT RANGE, BLACK MOUNTAINS, AND GRAND WASH CLIFFS, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA; U.S.G.S. BULL. 397

Reference (Deposit): HAURY, P. S., 1947 , EXAMINATION OF ZN-PB MINES IN THE WALLAPAI MINING DISTRICT, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.B.M. R.I. 4101

Reference (Production): U.S.G.S. BULL. 978-E; U.S.B.M. R.I. 4101

Reference (Reserve-Resource): U.S.B.M. R.I. 4101


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