Yellow Hammer Mine

The Yellow Hammer Mine is a tungsten mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 6,286 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Yellow Hammer Mine
Secondary: Cosmopolitan

Commodity

Primary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Beryllium
Tertiary: Copper

Location

State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Clifton 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

Year: 1917
Material type: W
Description: Ap_Grade: ^69.5 Percent Wo3

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
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: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Deep Creek Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: Basin And Range

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: SAMPLES YIELDED 0.4-0.62 OZ/TON GOLD, 1.4-3.8 OZ/TON SILVER AND 1.36-1.68 PERCENT COPPER.

Materials

Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Gold
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Powellite
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Apatite
Gangue: Albite
Gangue: Tourmaline
Gangue: Orthoclase
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Actinolite
Gangue: Calcite

Comments

Comment (Commodity): PERHAPS SOME CUPRITE PRESENT

Comment (Location): SW SE OF NW

Comment (Production): ONE CARLOAD OF COPPER ORE CONTAINING LARGE AMOUNTS OF CUPRITE WAS SHIPPED IN 1917. SINCE THEN SMALL SCALE SHIPMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE.

Comment (Deposit): SEVERAL SMALL DEPOSITS, WALL-ROCK CONTACTS NOT SHARP

Comment (Workings): SEVERAL LARGE OPEN PITS HAVE BROKEN INTO OLDER UNDERGROUND WORKINGS, PROBABLY 635 FT OF UNDERGROUND WORKINGS REMAIN.

Comment (Geology): K4 SPHENE, APATITE, MAGNETITE, LIMONITE, JAROSITE, HEMATITE

References

Reference (Analytical Data): SRC.REF: CUSTER, 1917, SEE ALSO FLINT, 1960

Reference (Deposit): NOLAN, T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: USGS, PP 177

Reference (Deposit): EL-SHATOURY, H.M. AND WHELAN, J.A., 1970, MINERALIZATION IN THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT TOOELE CO, UTAH: UGMS BULL. 83

Reference (Deposit): EVERETT, F.D., 1961, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN UTAH: BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8014

Reference (Deposit): CUSTER, A.E., 1917, DEEP CREEK, CLIFTON MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: ENG. AND MIN., JOUR., V. 103, P. 916.

Reference (Deposit): FLINT A., 1960, UNPUBLISHED REPORT OF THE EXAMINATION AND EVALUATION OF THE ALVARADO, CANE SPRING, BONNEMORT, AND YELLOW HAMMER MINES, GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, TOOELE COUNTY, UTAH.

Reference (Deposit): 1935 GEOLMAP NOLAN, 1935, USGS, PP. 177

Reference (Reserve-Resource): DOELLING, H.H., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURVEY

Reference (Deposit): 1961 RECON U.S. BUREAU OF MINES IC 8014

Reference (Deposit): 1970 MINEMAP UNIV. OF UTAH., UGMS BULL. 83.

Reference (Production): NOLAN, 1935, P. 122, AND EVERETT, 1961, P. 28.

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