The Yellow Cougar is a gold mine located in Sevier county, Utah at an elevation of 7,500 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: 7,500 Feet (2,286 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 38.5083, -112.28530
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Yellow Cougar MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Yellow Cougar
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Utah
County: Sevier
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
Type: Located Claim
Type: Patented
Type: Federal Lease
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Clifton Mining Co.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Utah
Info Year: 1997
Years: 1993 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: High Plateaus Of Utah
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED ON THE UTAH/NEVADA BORDER: TOTAL AREA IS 5100 ACRES.
References
Reference (Deposit): UGMS ECON FILES CRIB 41 SEVIER
Reference (Deposit): "CLIFTON ANNOUNCES 41 PERCENT INCREASE IN ESTIMATED RESOURCE
Reference (Deposit): VALUE FOLLOWING ANALYSIS ON YELLOW COUGAR SHEAR VEIN."
Reference (Deposit): POINT CAST PR NEWSWIRE, 4-29-97.
Reference (Deposit): THE MINING RECORD, VOL., 108, #19, MAY 7, 1997, P1.
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