Yellow Metal Mine

The Yellow Metal Mine is a gold mine located in Nevada county, California at an elevation of 5,840 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

Name: Yellow Metal Mine  

State:  California

County:  Nevada

Gallery: View 12 Yellow Metal Mine Photos

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.

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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

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Workings

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Ownership

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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

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Orebody

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Structure

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Alterations

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Rocks

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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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