Paymaster Mine Group

The Paymaster Mine Group is a silver and copper mine located in Pima county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,799 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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 Group
Secondary: Victoria Group

Commodity

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

Location

State: Arizona
County: Pima
District: Pima District

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Not available

Production

Year: 1941
Time Period: 1880 - 1941
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^3 % Pb, 20 Oz Ag/Ton, 2 % Cu, Minor Au, Zn

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1880
Year Last Production: 1950
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: PINCH AND SWELL

Structure

Type: L
Description: Eastern Edge Of San Xavier Thrust Fault Block.

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Strong Clay And Sericite Alteration.

Rocks

Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): RECORD INFORMATION ALSO SUPPLIED BY ABGMT

Comment (Development): OPERATORS INCLUDED PAYMASTER SILVER, CONSOLIDATED MINING CO, ELLINGTON & HAGEN

Comment (Deposit): THIS RECORD CONTAINS INFORMATION FROM DUPLICATE RECORD D002808 OF J. WILLIAM HASLER WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Location): E CENTRAL SECTION 16 .

Comment (Production): WORKED SPORADICALLY FROM LATE 1800'S TO 1941 .

Comment (Deposit): VEIN DIPS WESTERLY ON THE SURFACE, BUT TURNS EASTERLY AT 250 FOOT-LEVEL AND FOLLOWS THE ANDESITE-PREC. GRANITE CONTACT.

Comment (Workings): SHAFT OPERATIONS. NUMBERS AS OF 1960

Comment (Geology): HIGH ANGLE REVERSE AND NORMAL FAULTS ARE FOUND IN THE SAN XAVIER THRUST SHEET PARALLELING ITS MARGINS

References

Reference (Production): ( 8 ) ABM BULLETIN 189 , P. 136 . ( 9 ) ABM BULLETIN 140 .

Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S. B., 1974 , INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 189 , P. 136 .

Reference (Deposit): MAYUGA, M. N., 1942 , THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE HELMET PEAK AREA, PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: UNIV. ARIZ., PHD THESIS, P. 119 .

Reference (Deposit): WILSON, E. D., 1950 , ARIZONA ZINC AND LEAD DEPOSITS PART 1 : ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 156 , P. 49 .

Reference (Deposit): WALLER, H.E., 1960, THE GEOLOGY OF THE PAYMASTER AND AND OLIVETTE MINING AREAS, PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: M.S. THESIS, UNIV OF ARIZ

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 1112-C.

Reference (Other Database): CIMRI

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