Yellow Jacket Mine

Past Producer in Skamania county in Washington, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold
Sections on this page
  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. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Production statistics
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047862
MRDS ID M700194
Record type Site
Current site name Yellow Jacket Mine
Alternate or previous names Yellow Jacket and Hoo Hoo Mines, Copper Canyon Mines

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.2009, 45.72759 (WGS84)
Elevation 381
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 9.5 MI NORTH OF PRINDLE, 16.5 MI FROM WASHOUGAL; ABOUT 5.75 MI NORTH OF BOBS MOUNTAIN, Estimated. Location Given Is Prospect Symbol Shown On Topo Map About 0.5 Mi North Of Skamania Mine. This Is In Ne/4 Sw/4 Sec. 21 Rather Than In Section Fraction Indicated By Moen., Estimated. Location Given Is Prospect Symbol Shown On Topo Map About 0.5 Mi North Of Skamania Mine. This Is In Ne/4 Sw/4 Sec. 21 Rather Than In Section Fraction Indicated By Moen.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Skamania(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bobs Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Vancouver(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vancouver(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Columbia-Sandy(hydrologic unit)

Lower Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Gifford Pinchot National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Skamania

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 003N 005E 21 SW4 OF NE4 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED. ON WASHOUGAL RIVER. PROPERTY CONSISTS OF 11 CLAIMS AND IS ABOUT 0.5 MI NORTH OF SKAMANIA MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Malachite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Granodiorite Is Weakly Propylitized

Analytical data

Result FROM EAST ADIT FIVE CHANNEL SAMPLES 6-18 IN. THICK AVERAGED 4.73% CU, 3.47 OZ/TON AG, TR AU. VEIN IN WEST ADIT ASSAYED UP TO 2% CU, 1.5 OZ/TON AG, TR AU.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Silver Star Pluton
    Rock description Silver Star Pluton
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.2009, 45.72759

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Strike N 65 W
    Dip 75-80N
    Thickness 0.61M
    Length 121.92M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1953

Mining district

District name Washougal District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name In Gifford Pinchot National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Copper Canyon Mines, Camas, Wash.
    First year 1953
  • Type Owner
    Owner Hugh Ringquist, Camas, Wash.
    First year 1956

Production statistics

  • Year 1953
    Material ORE CU AG
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^5.5% Cu, 3.95 Oz/Ton Ag
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor Ore Silver Silver 112g/mt
    Major Ore Copper Copper 6wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • ORE SHIPPED TO TACOMA SMELTER BY COPPER CANYON MINES

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 69.19M

Comments on the workings information

  • 120 FT ADIT WITH WINZE. 107 FT ADIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 1-2 FT THICK QUARTZ VEIN THAT CAN BE TRACED FOR AT LEAST 400 FT. ORE MINERALS ARE DISSEMINATED GRAINS OR IN POCKETS AND STREAKS IN BANDED AND VUGGY QUARTZ. PARTS OF VEIN ARE OXIDIZED.
Deposit LOCATION MAP AVAILABLE, MOEN (1977). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-81 Caress, Mary E. (Evarts, Russ) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-92 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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