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pay zone Hardrock Mining 
a profitable stratum or vein of mineral-bearing ore.
See also: paystreak (def. 1)
- 1966 . . . Pyramid Mines reported it had cut 62 feet of pay zone . . . on its prospect at Pine Point in the Northwest Territories.
- 1966 . . . Pyramid Mines reported it had cut 62 feet of pay zone . . . on its prospect at Pine Point in the Northwest Territories.