The Paymaster Mine is a copper, lead, and silver mine located in Washington county, Utah at an elevation of 5,640 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,640 Feet (1,719 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 37.06583, -113.80556
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Paymaster Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Paymaster Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Utah
County: Washington
District: Tutsagabet
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
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1884
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: High Plateaus Of Utah
Physiographic Detail: Basin & Mountains-Colorado Plateau Transition Zone
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Beaver Dam Mts
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Plumbojarosite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Hematite
Comments
Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SW 1/4 SW 1/4 SW 1/4
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A VERTICAL SHAFT, AN ADIT & SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET OF DRIFTING & STOPING
Comment (Production): PROD - 1916, 1923, 1937
References
Reference (Deposit): PERRY, LEE I. AND BLAIR M. MCCARTHY, 1976, LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH-1976: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY OPEN FILE REPORT #22 P. 524-525
Reference (Deposit): BULLOCK, K.C., 1967, MINERALS IN UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY BULLETIN #76 237 P.
Reference (Deposit): BUTLER, B.S. AND OTHERS, 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PROF: PAPER #111 672 P.
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. COMP. DATE, 02-18-1965
Reference (Deposit): 1976 RECON UTAH GEOLOGICAL & MINERAL SURVE
Reference (Production): L.I. PERRY, 1979
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