Mine detail: Paymaster Mine

Previously called 'Phonolite Paymaster Group: Paymaster ExtensionPaymaster Extension No. 1Last ChanceLast Chance No. 1DefenderPaymaster AnnexWild HorseWild Horse No. 1 To No. 3Wild Horse ExtensionWild Horse Annex.'

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Location

Lat / long:

39.07603, -117.77816

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Silver
Ore:	Gold
Gangue:	Iron, Quartz

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer

Geology

Host type:	Rhyolite,Andesite
Structure:	A Large Northeast Striking Fault Located South Of The Mine.
Alteration processes:	Argillization, Sericitization, Silicification

References

MRDS	M231534
DEP	10044173
Reference	{Deposit:: KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 50, P. 27}{Deposit:: SCHILLING, JOHN, AND HALL, JOYCE, 1980, THE NEVADA MINERAL INDUSTRY 1980: NBMG SPECIAL PUBLICATION MI-1980.}{Deposit:: GARSIDE, L.J.,1981, FIELD EXAMINATION AUG.5,1981.}{Deposit:: STATE INSPECTOR OF MINES, 1981, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE OPERATIONS ACTIVE IN 1980.}{Deposit:: STATE INSPECTOR OF MINES, DEC. 1981; DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE OPERATIONS ACTIVE IN CALENDAR YEAR 1981.}
Reporter	Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph), La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.)