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

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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

Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.