Yellow Jacket Mine

The Yellow Jacket Mine is a silver and gold mine located in Storey county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,951 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Yellow Jacket Mine

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Iron

Location

State: Nevada
County: Storey
District: Comstock Lode

Land Status

Land ownership: Private
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: Houston Oil And Minerals Corp. (Present)

Owner Name: Houston Oil And Minerals Corp. (Present)

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1864
Discovery Year: 1859
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: L

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Epithermal vein, Comstock

Orebody

Form: TABULAR, V-SHAPED

Structure

Type: R
Description: Regional Dip To West And Northwest

Type: L
Description: Faults

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Propylitization, Oxidation, Pyritization

Rocks

Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Miocene

Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Miocene

Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Miocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Argentite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Sphalerite

Comments

Comment (Development): A BONANZA STRIKE-MINED OUT BIG OREBODY BY 1870, BUT DEVELOPMENT AND PRODUCTION WERE ALMOST CONTINOUS THROUGH THE 1800'S AND EARLY 1900'S. CURRENTLY PART OF HOUSTON OIL & MINERALS OPEN PIT OPERATIONS

Comment (Deposit): VEIN, COMSTOCK LODE/ORE IN HANGING WALL.

Comment (Deposit): A BONANZA STRIKE, THIS DEPOSIT WAS MINED TO THE BOTTOM OF ITS ORE BODY BY 1870. THE DEPOSIT IS V-SHAPED WITH THE ORE OCCURRING ON THE HANGING WALL. THE FOOTWALL IS COMPOSED OF BARREN QUARTZ. FIRST STAKED IN 1859, WORK BEGAN IN 1860; ORE DISCOVERED IN 1862, MORE IN 1864. DEVELOPMENT AND PRODUCTION CONTINUED ALMOST CONTINUOUSLY THRU THE 1800'S AND EARLY 1900'S. TOTAL PRODUCTION, 1864-1919 WAS 997,870 TONS OF ORE, AVERAGING $17.57 PER TON. CURRENTLY PART OF OPEN-PIT MINE OF HOUSTON OIL & MINERALS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

References

Reference (Deposit): STODDARD, CARL, AND CARPENTER, J.A., 1950. MINERAL RESOURCES OF STOREY AND LYON COUNTIES, NEVADA NBMG BULL 49

Reference (Deposit): BONHAM, H.F., 1969, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WASHOE AND STOREY COUNTIES, NEVADA: NBMG BULL 70

Reference (Deposit): WPA STATE WRITER'S PROJECT, 1940-41, INDIVIDUAL HISTORIES OF THE MINES OF THE COMSTOCK; UNPUBLISHED OPEN-FILE REPORT; NEV. BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL

Reference (Production): STODDARD, C., AND CARPENTER, J.A., 1950

Nevada Gold

Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.