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Yellow Jacket

Past Producer in Amador county in California, United States with commodity Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10028155
MRDS ID M004990
Record type Site
Current site name Yellow Jacket
Related records 10186871

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.84435, 38.46129 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Amador(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Amador City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Andreas(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Mokelumne(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Amador

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 007N 010E 14 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • FREE GOLD ASSOCIATED WITH SULFIDES

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.84435, 38.46129
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip 70 E
    Thickness 6.1M
    Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: BLACK GOUGE ON BOTH SIDES OF QUARTZ VEIN WHICH VARIES FROM 3 TO 20 FT. IN THICKNESS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT 187 FT. INTERSECTS QUARTZ VEIN; SHAFT 20 FT. AND ADIT 40 FT WHICH HAS NOT BEEN JOINED TO SHAFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    IRELAN, WM. JR., 1890 , TENTH REPT. OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CMB REPT. 10 , P. 118

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SLATE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1978 Tatkin, T.; Albers, J. U.S. Geological Survey

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