The Yellow Metal Mine is a gold mine located in Nevada county, California at an elevation of 5,840 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,840 Feet (1,780 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 39.44667, -120.63861
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Mine Description
The Yellow Metal Mine is in the English Mountain District in northeastern Nevada County in the vicinity of English Mountain and Bowman Lake. The area was first mined during the 1860s, followed by activity at the English Mountain gold and copper mines during the 1890s and early 1900s. There has been minor prospecting since.
The area is underlain by slate, schist, hornfels and granite, all of which are cut by diorite and quartz-diorite dikes. The ore deposits consist of iron-rich zones containing quartz, free gold, galena, pyrite, and chalcopyrite. Molybednite is abundant in places. The principal gold sources have been the English Mountain Gold and Yellow Metal mines.
Gold Districts of California
Yellow Metal Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Yellow Metal Mine
Secondary: Golden Rod
Secondary: Beth
Secondary: Wedge
Secondary: Jeffersonian
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Location
State: California
County: Nevada
District: Graniteville
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
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Ownership
Not available
Production
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Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: $6.80 AU/TON, $4 IN SULFIDES/TON
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): PATENTED 91.253 AC 5 CLAIMS. INCLUDES YELLOW METAL, GOLDEN ROD, DOLLARSIGN, BETH, BETH EXT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Location): UTM ACC NW 1/4
Comment (Workings): OPEN CUTS, TUNNEL
Comment (Deposit): VEIN. DESCRIBED AS A BROWN PORPHYRY DIKE OF MINERALIZED STOCKWORK SHOT FULL OF QUARTZ STRINGERS & KIDNEYS.
Comment (Geology): FOOTWALL QUARTZ PORPHYRY, HANGING WALL CALVERAS LIMESTONE
References
Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C. A., 1941 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 37 , NO. 3 , PL. 3 .
Reference (Deposit): SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, 1964 , MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, V. 2 , P. 42 .
Reference (Deposit): MACBOYLE, E., 1918 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 16 , P. 258 .
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