The Pay Master is a gold mine located in San Bernardino county, California at an elevation of 1,880 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 1,880 Feet (573 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 35.19972, -115.89833
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Pay Master MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Pay Master
Secondary: Whitney
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: California
County: San Bernardino
District: Solo
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1900
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: HIGH-GRADE ORE FOUND 150 FT. ABOVE TUNNEL LEVEL & SHIPMENTS TO SMELTER CARRIED $100/TON IN GOLD. ADDITIONAL GRADES FOR VARIOUS LEVEL WORKINGS IN TUCKER & SAMPSON (1931).
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): 5 UNPATENTED CLAIMS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Production): $20,000 IN GOLD SAID TO HAVE BEEN RECOVERD FROM THE DISCOVERY VEIN. NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORDS FOUND.
Comment (Deposit): VEINS, 200-300 FT. APART, 2-4 FT. THICK, AND SEVERAL HUNDRED FT. LONG.
Comment (Workings): MOST OF WORKINGS LIE ALONG 3 VEINS. INCLUDE CROSSCUT ADIT DRIVEN S35E FOR 950 FT., SEVERAL HUNDRED FT. OF DRIFTS. CROSSCUT ENCOUNTERS SIDEWINDER VEIN AT 420 FT., PAYMASTER VEIN AT 748 FT. FROM PORTAL. SIDEWINDER VEIN FOLLOWED NE BY 85-FT. DRIFT, BUT NO ORE WAS MINED FROM HERE. A DRIFT FOLLOWS PAYMASTER VEIN FOR 240 FT. SW. ORE HERE HAS BEEN STOPED TO SURFACE, A SLOPE DISTANCE OF 275 FT. 465-FT. DRIFT FOLLOWS THE VEIN TO THE NE AND IS ALSO APPENDED TO STOPES. UNDER-GROUND WORKINGS TOTAL ABOUT 2000 FT. SURFACE WORKINGS EXPOSED DISCOVERY VEIN FOR 700 FT. ALONG STRIKE. ALSO INCLINED SHAFTS AND STOPES, THE DEEPEST BEING 150 FT.
References
Reference (Deposit): WRIGHT, L.A. AND OTHERS, 1953, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 49, NOS. 1&2, P. 78-79.
Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W.B., AND SAMPSON, R. J., 1931, GOLD-SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIF.: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 27, P. 329-331
Reference (Production): WRIGHT (1953) TUCKER & SAMPSON (1931)
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