Yellow Girl Mine

The Yellow Girl Mine is a copper mine located in Elko county, Nevada.

About the MRDS Data:

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

Name: Yellow Girl Mine  

State:  Nevada

County:  Elko

Elevation:

Commodity: Copper

Lat, Long: 41.75472, -114.78861

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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

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.