Yellow Pine Mine

The Yellow Pine Mine is a lead, zinc, silver, and copper mine located in Clark county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,721 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 Pine Mine
Secondary: Prairie Flower
Secondary: Rover
Secondary: Hilo
Secondary: Bybee
Secondary: Radio
Secondary: Como
Secondary: Hermes
Secondary: Yellow Pine Lead Zinc Mine.

Commodity

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

Location

State: Nevada
County: Clark
District: Goodsprings District

Land Status

Land ownership: Private
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

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: J. F. Kent

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Unknown
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1906
Discovery Year: 1892
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: L

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert
Physiographic Detail: Spring Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Polymetallic replacement

Orebody

Form: IRREGULAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: Normal Faults Are Numerous And Attitudes Very Greatly; Thrust Fault

Type: L
Description: Fault Zone

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Dolomitization, Silicification

Rocks

Name: Sandstone
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian

Name: Sandstone
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Mississippian

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: CRUDE ZN ORE CONTAINED 34-45% ZN, 3.5-6.5% PB, 1-6 OZ AG/TON. THE INSOLUBLE MATER (MOSTLY SILICA) COMPOSED 5-15% OF BULK.
Analytical Data: MIXED PB-ZN ORE CONTAINED 13-16% PB 27-30% ZN AND ABOUT 11 OZ AG/TON.
Analytical Data: CRUDE PB ORE CONTAINED 47-63% PB, 5-13% ZN, 17-22 OZ AG/TON

Materials

Ore: Cinnabar
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Smithsonite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Hydrozincite
Gangue: Linarite
Gangue: Plumbojarosite
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Annabergite
Gangue: Olivenite
Gangue: Pyromorphite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Jarosite
Gangue: Stibnite
Gangue: Jasper
Gangue: Dioptase
Unknown: Galena

Comments

Not available

References

Reference (Deposit): LONGWELL, C.R., 1965, GEOL. MIN. DEP. OF CLARK CO., NEV., NBMG BULL 62, P. 108-110, 198

Reference (Deposit): HEWITT, D.F., 1931, GEOL. AND MIN. DEP. OF GOODSPRINGS QUAD, NEV, USGS, P. 162, PP. 129-137.

Reference (Deposit): HEWITT, D.F., 1956, GEOL. AND MIN. RESOURCES OF IVANPAH QUAD. CA AND NEV., USGS., PP I75, P. 150-151

Reference (Deposit): ALBRITTON, C.C., ETAL, 1954, GEOLOGIC CONTROLS OF PB-ZN DEP. IN GOODSPRINGS DIST., NEV., USGS, BULL 1010, P. 18-40.

Reference (Deposit): BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, NBMG BULL 41

Reference (Deposit): LINCOLN, F. C., 1923, MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA; NEVADA NEWSLETTER PUB. CO., RENO.

Reference (Deposit): MCKNIGHT, E. T., NEWMAN, W. L., AND HEYL, A. V., JR. (COMPILERS), 1962, USGS MAP MR-19.

Reference (Production): HEWITT, 1956, USGS, PP 275, P. 151. HEWITT, 1931, USGS, P. 162,PP. 129-137.

Nevada Gold

Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.