Yellow Jacket Group

The Yellow Jacket Group is a gold mine located in Larimer county, Colorado at an elevation of 5,761 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 Jacket Group
Secondary: Unpatented Claims: Copper King
Secondary: Bismark
Secondary: Bismark Extension
Secondary: Yellow Jacket
Secondary: Gold Dust
Secondary: Strang
Secondary: Lucky Star

Commodity

Primary: Gold

Location

State: Colorado
County: Larimer
District: Masonville District

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

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Redstone Gold Mining Corp.
Home Office: Denver, Co.
Years: 1924 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Interior Plains
Physiographic Province: Great Plains Province
Physiographic Section: Colorado Piedmont

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Type: R
Description: Front Range Uplift, Cheyenne Basin

Type: L
Description: Big Thompson Anticline, Milner Mountain Fault, Fletcher Hill (Buck Horn) Fault, Masonville Anticline, Buckhorn Syncline, Masonville Stock , Redstone Fault

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Tonalite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Tonalite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Not available

Comments

Comment (Workings): OPEN CUTS; 15 FT OF SHAFT, 25 FT OF DRIFTS; LOWER TUNNEL DRIVEN 1 00 FT EASTWARD, MIDDLE TUNNEL DRIVEN 200 FT SE, UPPER TUNNEL INACCESSI BLE

Comment (Location): ON OR NEAR HILLTOP WEST OF REDSTONE CREEK ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR APPROX CENTER W2 SEC. 11 ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1980

References

Reference (Deposit): BRADDOCK, W.A., AND OTHERS, 1970, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MASONVILLE QU ADRANGLE, LARIMER COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP G+832.

Reference (Deposit): COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPT.

Reference (Deposit): WOLFE, J.A., 1953, GEOLOGY OF THE MASONVILLE MINING DISTRICT, LARIM ER COUNTY, COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL OFO MINES M. SC. THESIS T-789.

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