Yellow Jacket Gold Prospect

The Yellow Jacket Gold Prospect is a gold mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 2,136 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: 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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