Paymaster Mine

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

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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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