Yellow Pine Mine

The Yellow Pine Mine is a zinc mine located in Clark county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,721 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

Name: Yellow Pine Mine  

State:  Nevada

County:  Clark

Elevation: 4,721 Feet (1,439 Meters)

Commodity: Zinc

Lat, Long: 35.85, -115.49530

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Yellow Pine Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Yellow Pine Mine


Commodity

Primary: Zinc
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Silver


Location

State: Nevada
County: Clark
District: Goodsprings 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

Owner Name: Security 1st Natl Bank And F. Nay And N. Meehan
Home Office: California

Owner Name: Yellow Pine Mine
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1964


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1906
Discovery Year: 1892
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Not available


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Unknown: Cerussite
Unknown: Smithsonite
Unknown: Malachite
Unknown: Galena
Unknown: Calamine
Unknown: Anglesite


Comments

Comment (Production): THE PRAIRIE FLOWER AND YELLOW PINE MINES ARE NOW CONNECTED UNDERGROUND AND ARE OPERATED AS ONE MINE.

Comment (Geology): THE YELLOW PINE IS A MEMBER OF THE MISSISSIPPIAN MONTE CRISTO FORMATION.

Comment (Geology): HYDROZINCITE IS THE MOST ABUNDANT ZINC MINERAL. THERE IS ALSO SOME STIBNITE AND CINNABAR PRESENT.


References

Reference (Deposit): 7, P.30, NEV., USGS PROF. PAPER 162.

Reference (Deposit): HEWETT, D.F., GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE GOODSPRINGS

Reference (Deposit): ZINC DEPOSITS IN GOODSPRINGS (YELLOW PINE) DISTRICT, NEV.,

Reference (Deposit): ALBRITTON, C.C., JR., ET AL, GEOLOGIC CONTROLS OF LEAD AND

Reference (Deposit): POWER ADMIN., CONFIDENTIAL REPORT, PP. 49-63.

Reference (Geology): 1944, NEV. BU MINES 41, PP. 53.

Reference (Deposit): GAGE, H.L., THE LEAD-ZINC MINES OF NEVADA, 1941, BONNEVILLE

Reference (Geology): BAILEY, E.H., AND PHOENIX, D.A., QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEV

Reference (Geology): MINES INFO. CIRC, 8252, PP. 298.

Reference (Geology): BU MINES STAFF, MERCURY POTENTIAL OF THE US, 1965, US BU

Reference (Deposit): 1954, USGS BULL. 1010, PP. 18-39.

Reference (Geology): NEV. BU MINES BULL. 81, PP. 31.

Reference (Geology): GARSIDE, L.J., RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURENCES IN NEV., 1973,

Reference (Deposit): 1923, PP. 29-33.

Reference (Deposit): LINCOLN, F.C., MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NEV.

Reference (Deposit): RPT, INVEST. 4613.

Reference (Deposit): PINE ZONC-LEAD MINE, CLARK CO., NEV., 1949, US BU MINES

Reference (Deposit): GEEHAN, R.W. AND BENSON, W.T., INVESTIGATION OF THE YELLOW

Reference (Deposit): QUAD., CAL. AND NEV., 1956, USGS PROF. PAPER 275.

Reference (Deposit): HEWETT, D.R., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE IVANPAH

Reference (Geology): MINES BULL. 61, PP. 39, PL. 1.

Reference (Geology): LAWRENCE, E.F., ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEV., 1963, NEV BU

Reference (Geology): CO., NEV., 1965, NEV. BU MINES BULL. 62, PP. 108-110, 198

Reference (Geology): LONGWELL, C.R., ET AL, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CLARK


Nevada Gold

Gold Districts of Nevada

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