The Yellow Jacket Gold Prospect is a gold mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 2,136 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
Elevation: 2,136 Feet (651 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 57.59083, -133.30083
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Yellow Jacket Gold Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Yellow Jacket Gold Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Alaska
District: Petersburg
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
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: POD
Structure
Type: L
Description: Foliation Of Schist Strikes N 15 Degrees W, N 55 Degrees W, Dips 70 Degrees Sw, 50 Degrees Ne
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 11.0 FT. CHANNEL SAMPLE: 0.3 PPM AU, 0.7 PPM AG. 8.0 FT. CHANNEL SAMPLE IN OPEN CUT: 1 PPM AU
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): USGS B 1525, FIGS. 26, 31, 41 LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Development): TRAM AND MILL BUILT IN 1900, TUNNELING IN 1903 BY YELLOW JACKET MINING CO.. NO RECORD OF ANY PRODUCTION. ABANDONED 1904.
Comment (Deposit): PHYLLITE SCHIST WITH QUARTZ PODS, SEAMS, VEINS PARALLEL TO FOLIATION.
Comment (Workings): 25 FT. ADIT, 10 FT. ADIT, 15 FT. BY 15 FT. OPEN CUT, 3,000 FT. TRAM FROM MINE TO STAMP MILL ON S SIDE OF SPRUCE CREEK.
Comment (Deposit): PRESENCE OF TRAM AND MILL INDICATES SOME PRODUCTION WAS LIKELY, BUT THERE IS NO RECORD OF ANY. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Commodity): ANALYTICAL DATA FROM REF. 1, TABLE 17, SAMPLES 4K056-57
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS B 1525, P. 127, 131, FIGS. 26, 31, 41, TABLES 14, 17, PLATES 1, 3, (1984)
Reference (Deposit): USBM OFR 91-86 P. 17, 24, 29 (1986)
Reference (Other Database): BAG-B-1525-FIGS-26-31-41
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