The Yellow Jacket Prospect is a gold and silver mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,600 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: 4,600 Feet (1,402 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 40.885, -118.18694
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Yellow Jacket Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Yellow Jacket Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Arsenic
Location
State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Central District
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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
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: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Silver
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Production): UNKNOWN AMOUNT
Comment (Development): FORMERLY PART OF GOLDEN EAGLE GROUP
Comment (Deposit): 2 UNPATENTED CLAIMS
Comment (Workings): 6 ADITS, UP TO 250 FT. LONG
Comment (Geology): GOLD AND SILVER-BEARING QUARTZ VEINS OF VARIABLE STRIKE AND DIP, LOCALLY CONTAIN MUCH ARSENIC.
Comment (Deposit): TWO UNPATENTED CLAIMS, FORMERLY PART OF THE GOLDEN EAGLE GROUP, DEVELOPED BY 6 ADITS UP TO 250 FT. LONG, AND TOTALLING ABOUT 1000 FEET. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): WILLDEN, R., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF HUMBOLDT CO., NEV; NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 59.
Reference (Deposit): VANDERBURG, W. O., 1938, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFO. CIRC., RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN HUMBOLDT CO., NEVADA
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.
