Mine detail: Paymaster Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

43.4782, -113.65918

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead, Zinc
Secondary:	Silver, Copper
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Smithsonite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Albite, Calcite, Marcasite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz
Orebody form:	STRINGERS
Discovery year:	1890

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Quartzite
Host type:	Quartzite,Granite
Structure:	Sw Limb Of Nw-Trending Anticline Intruded By Granite, Several Ne Trending Shear Zones Dipping 65 Deg Nw
Alteration processes:	Chlorite, Sericite

References

MRDS	M060183
DEP	10042409
Reference	{Deposit:: ANDERSON, A.L., 1929, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE LAVA CREEK DISTRICT, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 32, P. 60-62}{Deposit:: USBM; 1945-1949, GOLD, SILVER, COPPER, LEAD, AND ZINC IN IDAHO: USBM MINERAL YEARBOOKS FOR 1943-1947}{Deposit:: 1929 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 32}{Deposit:: 1945 COMPILE USBM MINERAL YEARBOOKS}{Production:: ITEMS 8-12, USBM ECONOMICS AND STATISTICS SERVICE; ITEM 13, USBM, 1945-1949, MINERAL YEARBOOKS FOR 1943-1947}
Reporter	Puffett, Willard P.