The Paymaster Mine is a lead and silver mine located in Imperial county, California.
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Paymaster Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Paymaster Mine
Secondary: Emilia
Secondary: Hazel
Secondary: President
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Location
State: California
County: Imperial
District: Chocolate Mountains
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
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
Not available
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Cerargyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Barite
Comments
Comment (Location): NE ARM OF CENTRAL CHOCOLATE MOUNTAINS.
Comment (Production): 25,000 TONS OF ORE VALUED AT $170,000, 50% ERROR POSSIBLE ON TONNAGE ESTIMATE AND VALUE.
Comment (Deposit): PARALLEL TO FOLIATION IN SCHIST, SPARSE BLUE COPPER STAINING IN PARTS.
Comment (Workings): PAYMASTER: 325 FT INCLINED SHAFT, 125 FT LONG 8-15 FT WIDE STOPE EXTENDS TO SURFACE. PRESIDENT: 450 FT INCLINED SHAFT WITH LEVELS EVERY 50 FT, 1000 FT OF HORIZONTAL WORKINGS. HAZEL: 50 FT AND 100 FT SHAFT, UNDETERMINED LATERAL WORKINGS.
References
Reference (Deposit): MORTON, P.K., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF IMPERIAL COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CAL. DIV. MINES AND GEOLOGY, COUNTY REPORT NO. 7, P. 92-93
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
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