Yellow Jacket Mine

The Yellow Jacket Mine is a copper mine located in Skamania county, Washington at an elevation of 1,250 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Yellow Jacket Mine
Secondary: Yellow Jacket and Hoo Hoo Mines
Secondary: Copper Canyon Mines

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Gold

Location

State: Washington
County: Skamania
District: Washougal District

Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
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.
Administrative Organization: In Gifford Pinchot National Forest

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Hugh Ringquist, Camas, Wash.
Years: 1956 -

Owner Name: Copper Canyon Mines, Camas, Wash.
Years: 1953 -

Production

Year: 1953
Material type: ORE CU AG
Description: Ap_Grade: ^5.5% Cu, 3.95 Oz/Ton Ag

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1953
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

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

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Polymetallic veins

Orebody

Form: VEIN

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Granodiorite Is Weakly Propylitized

Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Miocene

Name: Diorite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Miocene

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: FROM EAST ADIT FIVE CHANNEL SAMPLES 6-18 IN. THICK AVERAGED 4.73% CU, 3.47 OZ/TON AG, TR AU. VEIN IN WEST ADIT ASSAYED UP TO 2% CU, 1.5 OZ/TON AG, TR AU.

Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Bornite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Deposit): 1-2 FT THICK QUARTZ VEIN THAT CAN BE TRACED FOR AT LEAST 400 FT. ORE MINERALS ARE DISSEMINATED GRAINS OR IN POCKETS AND STREAKS IN BANDED AND VUGGY QUARTZ. PARTS OF VEIN ARE OXIDIZED.

Comment (Workings): 120 FT ADIT WITH WINZE. 107 FT ADIT

Comment (Deposit): LOCATION MAP AVAILABLE, MOEN (1977). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Production): ORE SHIPPED TO TACOMA SMELTER BY COPPER CANYON MINES

Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED. ON WASHOUGAL RIVER. PROPERTY CONSISTS OF 11 CLAIMS AND IS ABOUT 0.5 MI NORTH OF SKAMANIA MINE

References

Reference (Deposit): PHILLIPS, W.M., 1987, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE VANCOUVER QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON AND OREGON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 87-10, SCALE 1:100,000.

Reference (Deposit): MOEN, W.S., 1977, ST. HELENS AND WASHOUGAL MINING DISTRICTS OF THE SOUTHERN CASCADES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 60, P. 43, 54-56.

Reference (Production): MOEN (1977)

Reference (Deposit): HUNTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37,V. 1, P. 79.

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