The Yellow Girl Mine is a copper mine located in Elko county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Yellow Girl Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Yellow Girl Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Contact (48)
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Snake River Plain
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Granodiorite Stock With Assoc. Faults, Fractures
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Some Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Bornite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Workings): 200-FT. SHAFT ON THE POOLE DIKE
Comment (Deposit): PART OF THE POOLE DIKE CARRIED 12% CU, BUT NO PRODUCTION HAD BEEN RECORDED AS OF 1935. MINERALIZATION CONTROLLED BY FAULTS, FRACTURES.
Comment (Location): SOUTHWEST OF SALTLAKE GROUP
Comment (Development): PATENTED CLAIM
Comment (Deposit): THIS MINE IS WITHIN THE GRANODIORITE MASS BETWEEN CONTACT AND THE WEST CONTACT AREA. NO PRODUCTION HAS BEEN RECORDED TO DATE (SCHRADER, 1935, P 36-7) THE POOLE DIKE IS OPENED BY A 200-FOOT SHAFT. AT THE 200 FT. LEVEL THE DIKE WIDENS TO OVER 38 FEET, 6 FEET OF WHICH CARRY 12% COPPER (SCHRADER, 1912, P 134). MINERAL SURVEY NO. 2124. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C., (1935) THE CONTACT MINING DISTRICT, NEVADA: USGS BUL. 847-A
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C., (1912) A RECONN. OF THE JARBIDGE, CONTACT, AND ELK MT. MINING DISTRICTS, ELKO CO., NEVADA: USGS BUL. 497.
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.
