Yellowstone Mine

The Yellowstone Mine is a silver and gold mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,099 feet.

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

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Site Name

Primary: Yellowstone Mine
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 2671

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold

Location

State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Sierra District; Dun Glen 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

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

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Hot-spring Au-Ag

Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Bleaching, Marbleization

Rocks

Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Deposit): VEIN CONSISTS OF WHITE TO CLEAR CHALCEDONIC QUARTZ, VEIN IS BANDED, HAS WAVY DARK LINES AS BANDS (PROBABLY FINE-GRAINED SULFIDES, SOME BRECCIATED AREAS, CEMENTED WITH LATER QUARTZ, DISSEMINATED RUBY SILVER (FINE-GRAINED PYRARGYRITE) IN THE BRECCIA FRAGMENTS, VEIN IS VUGGY, CLEAR QUARTZ CRYSTALS LINE VUGS. THE ADIT IN THE EAST SLOPE HAS NO VEIN MATERIAL ON ITS DUMP; PERHAPS IT WAS DRIVEN TO INTERSECT THE VEIN TO THE WEST, BUT DID NOT. THE DUMPS ON THE WEST DO HAVE VEIN MATERIAL ON THEIR DUMPS. LIMESTONE WALLROCK NEAR THE TWO WESTERN ADITS IS BLEACHED AND MARBLEIZED. A N10E, VERTICAL VEIN OUTCROPS IN A SMALL CUT ON THE WEST RIDGE, BUT EXPOSURES ARE TOO POOR TO DETERMINE IF THIS IS THE MAIN VEIN OR NOT.

Comment (Workings): 2 ADITS ON WEST SIDE OF HILL, ONE LONG ADIT ON EAST, NEAR STAMP MILL FOUNDATION SMALL CUT ON WEST RIDGE

Comment (Location): ON RIDGE BETWEEN RAWHIDE AND YELLOWSTONE CANYONS . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Comment (Development): NO ACTIVITY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1985

References

Reference (Deposit): TINGLEY, J.V., 19 JUN 85, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

Reference (Deposit): NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.

Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, NBMG BULL89, PL. I.

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.