The Paymaster Mine is a lead and zinc mine located in Blaine county, Idaho at an elevation of 6,699 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,699 Feet (2,042 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Zinc
Lat, Long: 43.4783, -113.65830
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Paymaster Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Paymaster Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Idaho
County: Blaine
District: Lava Creek District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Unknown
Ownership
Owner Name: Spokane-Idaho Mining Co.
Owner Name: Paymaster, Inc.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1890
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Pioneer Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: STRINGERS
Structure
Type: R
Description: Sw Limb Of Nw-Trending Anticline Intruded By Granite
Type: L
Description: Several Ne Trending Shear Zones Dipping 65 Deg Nw
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Chlorite, Sericite
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: AVERAGE OF 28 SAMPLES FROM UPPER TWO LEVELS IS 1.81 OZ AG/TON, 2.5% PB, 9% ZN ACROSS 5.2 FT.
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Smithsonite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Albite
Gangue: Pyrrhotite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Marcasite
Comments
Comment (Location): ABOUT 1 MI SE TOP OF BLIZZARD MOUNTAIN
Comment (Reserve-Resource): RESERVES CONSIST OF 2 PILES, PERHAPS OF SEVERAL CARS EACH, STORED IN PORTALS OF 2 MAIN TUNNELS
References
Reference (Deposit): 1945 COMPILE USBM MINERAL YEARBOOKS
Reference (Production): ITEMS 8-12, USBM ECONOMICS AND STATISTICS SERVICE; ITEM 13, USBM, 1945-1949, MINERAL YEARBOOKS FOR 1943-1947
Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON, A.L., 1929, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE LAVA CREEK DISTRICT, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 32, P. 60-62
Reference (Deposit): USBM; 1945-1949, GOLD, SILVER, COPPER, LEAD, AND ZINC IN IDAHO: USBM MINERAL YEARBOOKS FOR 1943-1947
Reference (Deposit): 1929 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 32
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