Yellow Jacket Mine

The Yellow Jacket Mine is a gold mine located in Santa Cruz county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,482 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

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Site Name

Primary: Yellow Jacket Mine

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Silver

Location

State: Arizona
County: Santa Cruz
District: Yellow Jacket 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: North Star Mines
Years: 1938 -

Owner Name: Charlie Lemons , B. Johnson , Apache International Mining Co.
Years: 1979 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1900
Year Last Production: 1938
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

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

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Type: L
Description: Nw-Trending Fault Zones; 3 Main Parallel Veins Intersected By Cross Faults (Yellow Jacket, Phoenix, And Green Veins)

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Vein Oxidized To Iron Oxides And Small Amount Of Chrysocolla

Rocks

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: SILVER: GOLD RATIO ABOUT 9 TO 1
Analytical Data: MINOR CU
Analytical Data: 1.6 OZ/TON AG
Analytical Data: 200+ TONS OF ORE AVERAGING ABOUT 1.5 OZ/TON AU

Materials

Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Silver
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Development): PAST OWNERS INCLUDE: C.A. JOHNSON (1959), WILLIAM C. BRADBURY; PAST OPERATORS INCLUDE: REAR AND SETKA (1934), T.E. KELSO (1932 AND 1933), YELLOW JACKET MINES CO. (1907); COMPRISED OF TWO PATENTED CLAIMS: (YELLOW JACKET AND THE PHOENIX) AND SIX UNPATENTED CLAIMS; THE YELLOW JACKET CLAIM WAS PATENTED IN 1883, AND THE PHOENIX CLAIM IN 1887; OPERATOR IN 1895 WAS THE PITTSBURGH CO.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS NOW CAVED CONSISTS OF A MAIN SHAFT (250 FT) THAT SERVES FOUR LEVELS INVOLVING 1200 FT OF DRIFTS AND SHORT CROSS CUTS; A SECOND SHAFT (62-FT); 200 FT CROSS CUT NW OF THE MAIN SHAFT

Comment (Geology): POOR SURFACE EXPOSURES; NO SUBSURFACE DATA; PROPERTY TRAVERSED BY 2 PARALLEL DIABASE DIKES THAT STRIKE NW-SE AND DIP NEARLY VERTICALLY TO NE

Comment (Location): AT THE HEAD OF YELLOW JACKET WASH; ABOUT 2 MILES W OF ORO BLANCO RANCH. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Comment (Production): ONE OF OLDEST MINES IN THE AREA DATING BACK TO THE 1800'S; INTERMITTENTLY PRODUCTIVE THROUGH 1938.

Comment (Deposit): VEIN IN SHEAR ZONE 10 TO 30 FT WIDE CONTAINING BLOCKS OF DARK BLUISH GRAY QUARTZ; RHYOLITE DIKES HAVE INTRUDED THE VEIN AND ADJACENT WALL ROCKS; YELLOW JACKET VEIN AVERAGES 20 FT WIDE AND DIPS 70 NE; PHOENIX VEIN AVERAGES 11 FT WIDE AND DIPS 85 SW; GREEN VEIN AVERAGES 2 FT WIDE AND DIPS 40 NE; CLAIMS COVER ABOUT 40 ACRES

References

Reference (Deposit): USBM - ABGMT PRODUCTION FILE DATA

Reference (Deposit): USBM FILE DATA - CLUSTER #73 - YELLOW JACKET MINE

Reference (Deposit): ADMR FILE DATA: JELLOW JACKET MINE FILE

Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S. B., 1975, ABM BULL 191, P. 69

Reference (Deposit): ARIZ BUR MINES BULL 191, P. 69

Reference (Deposit): KNIGHT, L.H., 1970, STRUCTURE AND MINERALIZATION OF THE ORO BLANCO MINING DISTRICT, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA; PHD. DISSERTATION, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA

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