The Yankee Girl Mine is a tungsten mine located in Mineral county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Yankee Girl Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Yankee Girl Mine
Secondary: Yankee
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Regent District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: Leo And Eugene Grutt (Early 1940'S)
Production
Year: 1940
Time Period: 1907-1940'S
Material type: ORE W
Description: Cp_Grade: ^2.0% Wo3
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Contact Metamorphic
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1907
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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: W skarn
Orebody
Form: LENS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Comments
Comment (Geology): PREDOMINATE ROCK IN AREA IS GRANODIORITE CONTAINING SMALL REMNANTS OF LIMESTONE AS ROOF PENDANTS. THESE INTRUDED BY ANDESITE AND BASALT DIKES.
Comment (Production): 210 TONS OF ORE CONTAININT 2.0% WO3 WERE MINED AND SHIPPED
Comment (Development): 3 UNPATENTED LODE CLAIMS KNOWN AS YANKEE, YANKEE GIRL, & YANKEE HILL.
Comment (Deposit): ADJACENT TO GRANITE CONTACT, LIMESTONE HAS BEEN ALTERED TO TACTITE IN ZONES 4 TO 5 FT. THICK. THE BEST ZONE HAS LENSE ABOUT 40 FEET LONG AND AVERAGING 4 FEET IN WIDTH; SCHEELITE SPRADICALLY DISTRIBUTED
Comment (Workings): 200-FOOT DRIFT, SHORT RAISES, AND WINZES
References
Reference (Production): JOHNSON AND BENSON, 1963, P. 99
Reference (Deposit): ROSS, D. C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 58
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON & BENSON, 1963, TUNGSTEN RESOURCES OF NEVADA; USBM
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.
