The Paymaster Mine is a copper and silver mine located in Santa Cruz county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,899 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,899 Feet (1,798 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Silver
Lat, Long: 31.41361, -110.74139
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Paymaster Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Paymaster Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
Tertiary: Arsenic
Location
State: Arizona
County: Santa Cruz
District: Patagonia District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Richardson Corp.
Years: 1939 -
Owner Name: Hutchins And Bond And Matlock
Years: 1939 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1937
Year Last Production: 1941
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Ne-Trending Jackalo-Paymaster Vein In Strong Fault Shear Zone Cutting
Type: L
Description: Nw-Trending, Inferred Guajolote Fault Terminated By Jackalo-Paymaster Fissure Vein Just East Of Paymaster Property
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Granodiorite Is Strongly Altered, Shattered, Sheeted, And Crushed; Strong Potassic Alteration
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age in Years: 58.000000+-5.000000
Age Young: Tertiary
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 1930'S ORE VALUES AVERAGED ABOUT 7% CU, 8 OZ./TON AG, MINOR AU
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Comments
Comment (Commodity): ARSENIC AS A BYPRODUCT
Comment (Location): ON THE NORTH END OF GUAJOLOTE FLAT; 1/2 MILE SOUTH OF HOMESTSAKE MINE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)
Comment (Development): OWNERS AND OPERATORS INCLUDED JACK BOSTWICK, LYNCH, JOE BACON, PAYMASTER SILVER-LEAD CO. (1919)
Comment (Workings): MOSTLY SHAFT WORKINGS
Comment (Geology): SOURCE OF MINERALIZATION BELIEVED TO BE FROM CENTRAL PORTION OF PORPHYRITIC GRANODIORITE INTRUDING GUAJOLOTE FAULT; DEPOSITS IN REGION OCCUR IN FORM OF SUBORDINATE VEINS, LENSES, STRINGERS, AND SEAMS IN FRACTURES, FISSURES, JOINTS, AND SHEETING PLANES IN ROCK
References
Reference (Deposit): SIMONS, FRANKS, 1974, GEOLOGIC MAP AND SECTIONS OF THE NOGALES AND LOCHIEL QUADRANGLES, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA; USGS MAP I-762 (1=4800)
Reference (Deposit): USBM-ABGMT PRODUCTION FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): USBM FILE DATA-CLUSTER # 27, PAYMASTER MINE
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S.B., 1975, ABM BULL 191, P. 81
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE DATA, PAYMASTER MINE
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT FILES, STANTON B. KEITH
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