The Yellow Jacket is a lead and silver mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 5,098 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,098 Feet (1,554 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 39.98472, -113.17083
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Yellow Jacket MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Yellow Jacket
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Dugway District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
Owner Name: J. F. Cannon
Home Office: Salt Lake City, Ut.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
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: Dugway Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin & Range
Type: L
Description: Two Fissures (N15w, 45sw; N80w, 80ne). The Buckhorn Thrust Fault Is 400 Ft. East
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Dolomitization Of Fandangle Limestone
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Lead
Ore: Malachite
Comments
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF SEVERAL OPEN CUTS, SHORT ADITS, AND A INCLINED SHAFT-APPROX 200' LONG
Comment (Deposit): LEAD CARBONATE ORE FROM REPLACEMENT BODIES IN FISSURES OF DOLOMITIZED AND IRON-STAINED FANDANGLE LIMESTONE
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: LEAD CARBONATE ORE FROM REPLACEMENT BODIES IN FISSURES OF DOLOMITIZED & IRON STAINED FANDANGLE LIMESTONE
References
Reference (Deposit): STAATZ, M.H., AND CARR, W.J., 1964, GEOL & MIN. DEPOSITS OF THE THOMAS AND DUGWAY RANGE, JUAB & TOOELE CO., UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. 415 P. 178-179
Reference (Production): EADS, J.P., 1981, UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY: ON SITE INVEST.
Reference (Deposit): 1964 GEOLMAP STAATZ & CARR, 1964, USGS P.P. 41
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