Yellow Cougar

The Yellow Cougar is a gold mine located in Sevier county, Utah at an elevation of 7,500 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Yellow Cougar

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Silver

Location

State: Utah
County: Sevier

Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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

Type: Located Claim
Type: Patented
Type: Federal Lease

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Clifton Mining Co.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Utah
Info Year: 1997
Years: 1993 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: High Plateaus Of Utah

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Not available

Comments

Comment (Location): THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED ON THE UTAH/NEVADA BORDER: TOTAL AREA IS 5100 ACRES.

References

Reference (Deposit): UGMS ECON FILES CRIB 41 SEVIER

Reference (Deposit): "CLIFTON ANNOUNCES 41 PERCENT INCREASE IN ESTIMATED RESOURCE

Reference (Deposit): VALUE FOLLOWING ANALYSIS ON YELLOW COUGAR SHEAR VEIN."

Reference (Deposit): POINT CAST PR NEWSWIRE, 4-29-97.

Reference (Deposit): THE MINING RECORD, VOL., 108, #19, MAY 7, 1997, P1.

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