Yellowstone

The Yellowstone is a gold mine located in Mariposa county, California at an elevation of 2,375 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: Yellowstone  

State:  California

County:  Mariposa

Elevation: 2,375 Feet (724 Meters)

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 37.57222, -120.14389

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Yellowstone MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Yellowstone
Secondary: Sirocco
Secondary: Yellowstone - Sirocco


Commodity

Primary: Gold


Location

State: California
County: Mariposa


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Type: Underground


Ownership

Owner Name: Glenn Coburn
Years: 1941 -


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1893
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: PODS, LENTICULAR MASSES


Structure

Type: L
Description: Narrow Shear Zone


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Not available


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite


Comments

Comment (Production): NO RECENT ACTIVITY EXCEPT FOR UTILIZATION OF THE EXTENSIVE DUMPS FOR ROAD BASE AND FILL

Comment (Deposit): VEIN

Comment (Geology): WALL ROCKS SHEARED AND SCHISTOSE PYROXENE ANDESITE GREENSTONE

Comment (Workings): 2 SHAFTS, ADITS. UNDERGROUND WORKS PROBABLY EXTENSIVENONE WERE ACCESSIBLE, BUT JUDGING FROM SIZE OF DUMPS MUST BE EXTENSIVE. NONE WERE ACCESSIBLE, BUT JUDGING FROM SIZE OF DUMPS MUST BE EXTENSIVE.


References

Reference (Deposit): AUBURY, L. E., 1904 , REGISTER OF MINES AND MINERALS, MARIPOSA COUNTY CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 13

Reference (Production): BOWEN & GRAY 1957

Reference (Deposit): BOWEN, O. E., JR., GRAY, C. H., JR., 1957 , MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MARIPOSA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 53 , NOS. 1 AND 2 , P. 187 , 317


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