Paymaster Mine

The Paymaster Mine is a gold mine located in Trinity county, California at an elevation of 2,900 feet.

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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Paymaster Mine

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Silver

Location

State: California
County: Trinity

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

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Workings

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Ownership

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Production

Year: 1941
Time Period: -1941
Material type: AU ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^12 Oz/Ton Au

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: Klamath Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

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Orebody

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Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

Ore: Gold
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Ocher
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Workings): OLD ADIT LEVEL WITH 150 FT. CROSSCUT AND SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET OF DRIFTS. OLDER WORK INCLUDED STOPING VEIN FOR LENGTH OF 300 FT. TO 400 FT. TO A LEVEL 90 FT ABOVE. RAISES

Comment (Geology): 25 FT. THICK DIORITE DIKE. INTRUDES COPLEY META-ANDESITE OR GREENSTONE

Comment (Location): UTM EST. UNSURVEYED FOR TOWNSHIP, RANGE AND SECTION. LOCATION PROJECTED

Comment (Production): NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND. AU: AG WAS 4:1

Comment (Deposit): 2 GROUPS OF CLAIMS. ONE INCLUDED BINGO AND JUMBO LODE CLAIMS, AND 2 PLACERS, OTHERS INCLUDED READJUSTER, BUFFALO, EAGLE BIRD, MINNIE MAY, AND PAYMASTER MILLSITE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Deposit): VEIN(S), 18 IN. THICK. CONSIST OF GOUGE, AND OCHER WITH OCCASIONAL BUNCHES OF QUARTZ

References

Reference (Deposit): AVERILL, C.V., 1933, GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE REDDING AND WEAVERVILLE QUADRANGLE CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 29, P. 43

Reference (Deposit): GOODWIN, J.G., 1957, LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 53, NOS. 3 & 4, P. 706

Reference (Production): AVERILL (1941) GOODWIN (1957)

Reference (Deposit): AVERILL,C.V., 1941, MINERAL RESOURCES OF TRINITY COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 37, NO. 1, P. 53-54

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