The Yellow Jacket Group is a gold mine located in Larimer county, Colorado at an elevation of 5,761 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: 5,761 Feet (1,756 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 40.50139, -105.20472
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Yellow Jacket Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Yellow Jacket Group
Secondary: Unpatented Claims: Copper King
Secondary: Bismark
Secondary: Bismark Extension
Secondary: Yellow Jacket
Secondary: Gold Dust
Secondary: Strang
Secondary: Lucky Star
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Colorado
County: Larimer
District: Masonville District
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
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
Owner Name: Redstone Gold Mining Corp.
Home Office: Denver, Co.
Years: 1924 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Interior Plains
Physiographic Province: Great Plains Province
Physiographic Section: Colorado Piedmont
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Front Range Uplift, Cheyenne Basin
Type: L
Description: Big Thompson Anticline, Milner Mountain Fault, Fletcher Hill (Buck Horn) Fault, Masonville Anticline, Buckhorn Syncline, Masonville Stock , Redstone Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Tonalite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Tonalite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Workings): OPEN CUTS; 15 FT OF SHAFT, 25 FT OF DRIFTS; LOWER TUNNEL DRIVEN 1 00 FT EASTWARD, MIDDLE TUNNEL DRIVEN 200 FT SE, UPPER TUNNEL INACCESSI BLE
Comment (Location): ON OR NEAR HILLTOP WEST OF REDSTONE CREEK ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR APPROX CENTER W2 SEC. 11 ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1980
References
Reference (Deposit): BRADDOCK, W.A., AND OTHERS, 1970, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MASONVILLE QU ADRANGLE, LARIMER COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP G+832.
Reference (Deposit): COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPT.
Reference (Deposit): WOLFE, J.A., 1953, GEOLOGY OF THE MASONVILLE MINING DISTRICT, LARIM ER COUNTY, COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL OFO MINES M. SC. THESIS T-789.
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