Yellow Jacket Mine

The Yellow Jacket Mine is a silver and gold mine located in Lemhi county, Idaho at an elevation of 6,401 feet.

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Mine Info

Name: Yellow Jacket Mine  

State:  Idaho

County:  Lemhi

Elevation: 6,401 Feet (1,951 Meters)

Commodity: Silver, Gold

Lat, Long: 44.9875, -114.51940

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Yellow Jacket Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Yellow Jacket Mine
Secondary: Yellowjacket Mine


Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Copper


Location

State: Idaho
County: Lemhi
District: Yellow Jacket 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: Salmon National Forest


Holdings

Type: Patented
Type: Located Claim


Workings

Type: Surface/Underground


Ownership

Owner Name: Steen, William

Owner Name: Cyprus Mines Corp.


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Open Pit
Milling Method: Gravity
Year First Production: 1987
Discovery Year: 1868
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Salmon River Mountains


Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Polymetallic veins


Orebody

Form: STRINGERS


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration: Oxidation


Rocks

Not available


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: ASSAYS SHOWED 0.15 TO 1.9 OZ AU/TON, UP TO 0.6 OZ AG/TON, UP TO 0.82% CU. ONE BODY AVERAGED 0.2 OZ AU/TON, 5 TO 10% PB, ABOUT 3% CU.


Materials

Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Specularite
Gangue: Pyrite


Comments

Comment (Geology): Original ore control entry: Faulting

Comment (Geology): Original alteration entry: Local - Oxidation Occasionally To 260 Ft - Depth

Comment (Deposit): Largest Ore Bodies Strike NW Across Trend Of Main Ene Fracture Zone. Veins And Stringers Separated By Altered Rock Strike N 65 To 75 Deg E, And N 30 Deg W.

Comment (Production): 1893 - 1897 $ 121,762; By 1913, $450,000; Mine Has Produced About $2.5 Million From Time Of Discovery To Present At Today's Prices ( Wallace Miner, 1976 ).

Comment (Development): 60 - Stamp Mill, Grinding And Concentrating Plant, Aerial Tram, Cyanidation Process, Ball Mill; 7 Patented, 43 Unpatented Claims, Several Mill Sites ; Econ.Com: Eluvial Placer Cap On Lode And Slope Below.

Comment (Geology): Free-Milling Gold In Quartz-Calcite Cemented Breccias. Gold Is Found Exclusively In Irregularly Distributed Quartz- Chalcopyrite Veins That Cross-Cut The Breccia Bodies.


References

Reference (Deposit): Griner, W. C., 1974, Seventy - First Annual Report Of The Mining Industry Of Idaho For 1973 - 1974, 98 P.

Reference (Deposit): The Wallace Miner, Aug. 26 , 1976 , P. 2

Reference (Deposit): 1953 Recon Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 94

Reference (Deposit): 1974 Compile State Mine Inspector'S Ann. Rept.

Reference (Deposit): 1976 Direxpl Cyprus Mines Corp., Wallace Miner, Aug. 26 , 1976

Reference (Production): Anderson, A. L., 1953, Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 94, 41 P.

Reference (Deposit): Anderson, Alfred L., 1953, Gold - Copper - Lead Deposits Of The Yellowjacket District, Lemhi County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 94, 41 P.

Reference (Deposit): American Mines Handbook, 1996, P234.

Reference (Deposit): Randol Mining Directory, 1996/97, U.S. Mines and Mining Companies, P. 203.


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