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Yellow Jacket Claim Group

Occurrence in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Arsenic
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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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Controls for ore emplacement
  15. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  16. Mining district
  17. Land status
  18. Ownership information
  19. Workings at the site
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. General comments
  23. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047280
MRDS ID M242557
Record type Site
Current site name Yellow Jacket Claim Group
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Sites 2631, 2632

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.18765, 40.88378 (WGS84)
Elevation 1420

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gaskell(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Eugene Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Quinn(hydrologic unit)

Black Rock Desert(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 035N 034E 29 NE OF SE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ADJOINS KING MIDAS GROUP ON THE SOUTH . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Kaolinization Of Diorite Along Vein

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 2631 OF OXIDIZED VEIN MATERIAL WITH GOSSAN CLOTS IN QUARTZ, CONTAINS 0.5% FE, 0.2% CA, 100 PPM MN, 5000 PPM AS, 30 PPM B, 5 PPM NI, 10 PPM PB. AA ANALYSIS ALSO SHOWED 0.25 PPM AU. SAMPLE 2632 OF WHITE VEIN QUARTZ WITH CLOTS OF BLACK AND SILVER-GREY SULFIDES CONTAINS 20% FE, 0.07% CA, 3 PPM AG, +10000 PPM AS, 50 PPM B, 50 PPM CO, 10 PPM NI, 50 PPM PB, 100 PPM SB, 200 PPM SR, AND AA ANALYSIS SHOWS 2 PPM AU.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 273
USGS model code 36a
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mark3 model number 27

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Hornfels
    Rock unit name Auld Lang Syne Group
    Rock description Auld Lang Syne Group

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.18765, 40.88378
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Shear Zone

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 30 E
    Dip 70 SW
    Thickness 0.46M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mill City District; Central District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner S. L. Hershberger And 2 Sons
    First year 1937
  • Type Owner
    Owner S. L. Hershberger
    First year 1937

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 304.8M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFTS, ADITS, CUTS AND PITS ALONG VEINS

Comments on development

  • 2 UNPATENTED CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TINGLEY, J.V., 1984, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT, 9/20/84

  • Deposit

    WILLDEN, R., 1964, NBMG BULL 59.

  • Deposit

    CARROLL E. BRADBERRY AND ASSOCS.1964, UNPUB. REPORT

  • Deposit

    USBM, 1938, IC6995, P. 18-19.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WHITE QUARTZ VEINS IN A DIORITE MASS WHICH INTRUDES HORNFELS. SERIES OF PARALLEL VEINS OF MILKY AND CLEAR QUARTZ, VUGGY WITH SOME LARGE EUHEDRAL QUARTZ CRYSTALS UP TO 4-5 INCHES ON A FACE SEEN ON DUMPS. YELLOW-BROWN GOSSAN, CLOTS OF QUARTZ WITH PALE GREEN STAIN (BOTH FROM PRESENCE OF ARSENIC MINERALS), CLOTS AND MASSES OF ARSENOPYRITE. DIORITE IS KAOLINIZED ALONG THE WALLS OF THE VEIN, WHICH IS IN THE FOOTWALL OF A 10-15 FT-WIDE SHEAR ZONE. IN THE UPPER (EAST) CUTS, WHITE QUARTZ VEINS LACE BOTH DIORITE AND HORNFELS, WHERE MORE CLOTS OF ARSENOPYRITE WERE SEEN.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1985 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Moyer, Lorre A.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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