The Yellow Jacket Group is a gold mine located in Valley county, Idaho at an elevation of 5,200 feet.
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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
Elevation: 5,200 Feet (1,585 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 45.19528, -115.08778
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Yellow Jacket Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Yellow Jacket Group
Secondary: Yellowjacket Nos. 1-8
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Idaho
County: Valley
District: Ramey Ridge 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: Payette National Forest
Holdings
Type: Fee Ownership
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: M. C. Scott
Owner Name: C. F. Hopkins; Cobalt, Idaho
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Underground
Discovery Year: 1906
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Salmon River Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: PODS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Gouge; Fe And Mn Oxides
Rocks
Name: Gneiss
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Gneiss
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Gneiss
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Gneiss
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: TRACE TO 0.10% ZN
Analytical Data: TRACE TO 0.04% PB
Analytical Data: TRACE TO 1.85% CU
Analytical Data: ASSAYS SHOW 0 TO 0.44 OZ AU, 0 TO 0.86 OZ AG/TON
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Development): 8 CLAIMS ; ECON.COM: OVERBURDEN 1 TO 3 FT DEEP
Comment (Workings): 4 ADITS, 5 PITS
Comment (Location): 4 MI UP CROOKED CREEK FROM BIG CREEK, .75 MI W OF SNOWSHOE MINE LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 7-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH USFS LAND OWNERSHIP BOUNDARIES, 1:126,720 SCALE.
Comment (Geology): QUARTZITE VEIN BEST EXPOSED BY ADIT ON YELLOWJACKET CLAIM NO. 4, VALUES OF SAMPLES WEIGHTED BY WIDTH OF VEIN AVERAGED 2.7 GRAM GOLD PER METRIC TON; 3.4 GRAM SILVER PER METRIC TON AND 0.30 PERCENT COPPER. WEIGHTED AVERAGE METAL VALUES FOR ALL VEIN SAMPLES TAKEN FROM THE YELLOWJACKET NO.2 ADIT WERE 1.4 GRAM GOLD PER METRIC TON; 2.4 GRAM SILVER PER METRIC TON, AND 0.26 PERCENT COPPER. A RANDOM SAMPLE OF MATERIAL FROM PITS ON THE YELLOWJACKET NO. 1 ASSAYED 15.1 GRAM GOLD PER METRIC TON. 34.3 GRAM SILVER PER METRIC TON AND 0.07 PERCENT COPPER. CONSIST OF EIGHT MINING CLAIMS; LOCATED ABOUT 1.2 KILOMETERS WEST OF THE SNOWSHOE MINE, 6.4 KM. UP CROOKED CREEK FROM BIG CREEK. THE SNOWSHOE MINE ROAD PARALLELS CROOKED CR. AND PASSES THROUGH THE CENTER OF THE PROPERTY.
References
Reference (Deposit): USBM, 1975, ACTIVITY OF IDAHO MINING PROPERTIES, 1974, USBM, BOISE, IDAHO, 61 P.
Reference (Deposit): 1973 RECON F. W. CATER AND OTHERS, BULL. 1304
Reference (Deposit): 1975 COMPILE USBM, ACTIVITY OF IDAHO MINING PROPERTIES
Reference (Deposit): CATER, F. W., AND OTHERS, 1973, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE IDAHO PRIMITIVE AREA AND VICINITY, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 1304, 431 P.
Reference (Deposit): IDAHO PRIMITIVE AREA AND VICINITY, IDAHO; USGS BULLETIN 1304 1973, P. 167, 170-173.
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