The Yellow Jacket Mine is a mine located in Iron county, Utah at an elevation of 6,299 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,299 Feet (1,920 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 37.6481, -113.35030
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Yellow Jacket Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Yellow Jacket Mine
Commodity
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: Utah
County: Iron
District: Pinto Iron
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
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: Patented
Workings
Type: Surface
Ownership
Owner Name: U.S. Steel Corp.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: 120 Montgomery St San Francisco Ca 94106
Info Year: 1976
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1970
Discovery Year: 1904
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
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Apatite
Unknown: Magnetite
Unknown: Pyrite
Comments
Not available
References
Reference (Deposit): BULLOCK, K C, IRON DEPOSITS OF UTAH, 1970, UTAH GEOL AND MIN
Reference (Deposit): SURVEY BULL 88, P 54-5.
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