The Yellow Jacket Mine is a gold mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,400 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: 4,400 Feet (1,341 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 34.18083, -112.69278
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Yellow Jacket Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Yellow Jacket Mine
Secondary: Old Tunnell
Secondary: Last Chance
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Rich Hill District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: J. L. Riggins, Rampage And Carter
Years: 1959 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1939
Year Last Production: 1959
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Foliation In Precambrian Metamorphic Rocks Trends N10e To N25e; Granitic Rocks Unfoliated
Type: L
Description: Veins Parallel Mafic Dikes Which Trend Northeast And Dip At Low Angles, Usually Less Than 40 Degrees
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Minor Sericite Along Vein Walls
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): WIDELY-SPACED QUARTZ VEINS IN GRANITE. STRIKE OF VEINS QUESTIONABLE, MAY BE NE. DEPOSIT IS QUARTZ VEIN WHICH CUTS PRECAMBRIAN GRANITIC ROCKS. VEIN LOCALIZED ALONG SHALLOWLY-DIPPING ANDESITE AND DIORITE DIKES. NO MENTION OF DIORITE DIKES IN REFERENCES.
Comment (Workings): ADIT ON RENDEVOUS CLAIM FOLLOWS FAULT ZONE FOR 165 FT, ORIENTED N65E TO N85E
Comment (Deposit): CLAIMS TREND NW; VEINS PROBABLY TREND NW ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Location): LOCATION MEASURED TO APPROXIMATE CENTER OF CLAIM AS INDICATED FROM CLAIM MAP, WHERE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF CLAIM IS 700 FT NORTHEAST OF LION PEAK.
Comment (Development): UNPATENTED CLAIMS INCLUDE YELLOW JACKET, LAST CHANCE, AND RENDEVOUS
References
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Deposit): PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.
Reference (Deposit): AZ DEPT MIN. RESOURCES FILE DATA.
Reference (Deposit): USBM-ABGMT FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): BARTH, C.G., 1932, UNPUBLISHED GEOL MAP, AZ DEPT MIN. RESOURCES.
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