Yellow Jacket Group

The Yellow Jacket Group is a gold mine located in Valley county, Idaho at an elevation of 5,200 feet.

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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: Yellow Jacket Group  

State:  Idaho

County:  Valley

Elevation: 5,200 Feet (1,585 Meters)

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 45.19528, -115.08778

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Yellow Jacket Group MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Yellow Jacket Group
Secondary: Yellowjacket Nos. 1-8


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc


Location

State: Idaho
County: Valley
District: Ramey Ridge 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: Payette National Forest


Holdings

Type: Fee Ownership


Workings

Type: Surface/Underground


Ownership

Owner Name: M. C. Scott

Owner Name: C. F. Hopkins; Cobalt, Idaho


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Underground
Discovery Year: 1906
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

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


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: PODS


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Gouge; Fe And Mn Oxides


Rocks

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

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

Name: Gneiss
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Gneiss
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: TRACE TO 0.10% ZN
Analytical Data: TRACE TO 0.04% PB
Analytical Data: TRACE TO 1.85% CU
Analytical Data: ASSAYS SHOW 0 TO 0.44 OZ AU, 0 TO 0.86 OZ AG/TON


Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz


Comments

Comment (Development): 8 CLAIMS ; ECON.COM: OVERBURDEN 1 TO 3 FT DEEP

Comment (Workings): 4 ADITS, 5 PITS

Comment (Location): 4 MI UP CROOKED CREEK FROM BIG CREEK, .75 MI W OF SNOWSHOE MINE LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 7-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH USFS LAND OWNERSHIP BOUNDARIES, 1:126,720 SCALE.

Comment (Geology): QUARTZITE VEIN BEST EXPOSED BY ADIT ON YELLOWJACKET CLAIM NO. 4, VALUES OF SAMPLES WEIGHTED BY WIDTH OF VEIN AVERAGED 2.7 GRAM GOLD PER METRIC TON; 3.4 GRAM SILVER PER METRIC TON AND 0.30 PERCENT COPPER. WEIGHTED AVERAGE METAL VALUES FOR ALL VEIN SAMPLES TAKEN FROM THE YELLOWJACKET NO.2 ADIT WERE 1.4 GRAM GOLD PER METRIC TON; 2.4 GRAM SILVER PER METRIC TON, AND 0.26 PERCENT COPPER. A RANDOM SAMPLE OF MATERIAL FROM PITS ON THE YELLOWJACKET NO. 1 ASSAYED 15.1 GRAM GOLD PER METRIC TON. 34.3 GRAM SILVER PER METRIC TON AND 0.07 PERCENT COPPER. CONSIST OF EIGHT MINING CLAIMS; LOCATED ABOUT 1.2 KILOMETERS WEST OF THE SNOWSHOE MINE, 6.4 KM. UP CROOKED CREEK FROM BIG CREEK. THE SNOWSHOE MINE ROAD PARALLELS CROOKED CR. AND PASSES THROUGH THE CENTER OF THE PROPERTY.


References

Reference (Deposit): USBM, 1975, ACTIVITY OF IDAHO MINING PROPERTIES, 1974, USBM, BOISE, IDAHO, 61 P.

Reference (Deposit): 1973 RECON F. W. CATER AND OTHERS, BULL. 1304

Reference (Deposit): 1975 COMPILE USBM, ACTIVITY OF IDAHO MINING PROPERTIES

Reference (Deposit): CATER, F. W., AND OTHERS, 1973, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE IDAHO PRIMITIVE AREA AND VICINITY, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 1304, 431 P.

Reference (Deposit): IDAHO PRIMITIVE AREA AND VICINITY, IDAHO; USGS BULLETIN 1304 1973, P. 167, 170-173.


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