The Paymaster Mine is a gold mine located in Elmore county, Idaho at an elevation of 6,749 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,749 Feet (2,057 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 43.78, -115.12640
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Paymaster Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Paymaster Mine
Secondary: Anna and Paymaster Mines
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Idaho
County: Elmore
District: Atlanta District Or Middle Boise 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.
Administrative Organization: Boise National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Joseph A. Briggs
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Sawtooth Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: BUNCHES, SMALL LENSES , LENTICULAR, PODS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation , Gouge
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Description: Porphyritic
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Granodiorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Granite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pleistocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Development): 2 Patented, 4 Unpatented Claims
Comment (Commodity): Fine Free Gold May Be Panned From Crushed Outcrop Samples.
Comment (Location): On A Tributary Of Quartz Creek, Less Than 1/2 Mi W. Of The Monarch Mine ; An Offshoot Of The Atlanta Lode, Just W. Of The Buffalo Shaft.; Previous Quad Designation = Boise 1:250000; Latitude-Longitude Values Calculated From Township, Range, Section.
Comment (Deposit): Length Of Lode Includes Extension Across Yuba Divide
Comment (Workings): Several Hundred Feet Of Workings. Ground Is Very Heavy. . All Underground Workings Now Caved (1967). Veins Cut By Several Bulldozer Cuts Now Partially Sluffed Closed.
References
Reference (Deposit): Anderson, A. L., 1939, Geology And Ore Deposits Of Atlanta District, Elmore Co., Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines & Geol. Pam. 49, P. 68.
Reference (Deposit): Green, W.R., 1967, Anna And Paymaster Mines: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Open-File Report.
Reference (Deposit): 1939 Geolmap Idaho Bureau Of Mines & Geol. Pam. 49
Reference (Deposit): 1967 Other Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Open-File Report
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