The Yellow Jacket Mine is a silver and gold mine located in Lemhi county, Idaho at an elevation of 6,401 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,401 Feet (1,951 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 44.9875, -114.51940
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Yellow Jacket Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Yellow Jacket Mine
Secondary: Yellowjacket Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Idaho
County: Lemhi
District: Yellow Jacket District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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.
Administrative Organization: Salmon National Forest
Holdings
Type: Patented
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Steen, William
Owner Name: Cyprus Mines Corp.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Open Pit
Milling Method: Gravity
Year First Production: 1987
Discovery Year: 1868
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Salmon River Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Form: STRINGERS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration: Oxidation
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ASSAYS SHOWED 0.15 TO 1.9 OZ AU/TON, UP TO 0.6 OZ AG/TON, UP TO 0.82% CU. ONE BODY AVERAGED 0.2 OZ AU/TON, 5 TO 10% PB, ABOUT 3% CU.
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Specularite
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Geology): Original ore control entry: Faulting
Comment (Geology): Original alteration entry: Local - Oxidation Occasionally To 260 Ft - Depth
Comment (Deposit): Largest Ore Bodies Strike NW Across Trend Of Main Ene Fracture Zone. Veins And Stringers Separated By Altered Rock Strike N 65 To 75 Deg E, And N 30 Deg W.
Comment (Production): 1893 - 1897 $ 121,762; By 1913, $450,000; Mine Has Produced About $2.5 Million From Time Of Discovery To Present At Today's Prices ( Wallace Miner, 1976 ).
Comment (Development): 60 - Stamp Mill, Grinding And Concentrating Plant, Aerial Tram, Cyanidation Process, Ball Mill; 7 Patented, 43 Unpatented Claims, Several Mill Sites ; Econ.Com: Eluvial Placer Cap On Lode And Slope Below.
Comment (Geology): Free-Milling Gold In Quartz-Calcite Cemented Breccias. Gold Is Found Exclusively In Irregularly Distributed Quartz- Chalcopyrite Veins That Cross-Cut The Breccia Bodies.
References
Reference (Deposit): Griner, W. C., 1974, Seventy - First Annual Report Of The Mining Industry Of Idaho For 1973 - 1974, 98 P.
Reference (Deposit): The Wallace Miner, Aug. 26 , 1976 , P. 2
Reference (Deposit): 1953 Recon Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 94
Reference (Deposit): 1974 Compile State Mine Inspector'S Ann. Rept.
Reference (Deposit): 1976 Direxpl Cyprus Mines Corp., Wallace Miner, Aug. 26 , 1976
Reference (Production): Anderson, A. L., 1953, Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 94, 41 P.
Reference (Deposit): Anderson, Alfred L., 1953, Gold - Copper - Lead Deposits Of The Yellowjacket District, Lemhi County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 94, 41 P.
Reference (Deposit): American Mines Handbook, 1996, P234.
Reference (Deposit): Randol Mining Directory, 1996/97, U.S. Mines and Mining Companies, P. 203.
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