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Yellow Jacket Group

Occurrence in Valley county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc
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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. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Mineral rights holdings
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Reserves and resources
  19. Workings at the site
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071704
MRDS ID W015230
MAS/MILS ID 0160490602
Record type Site
Current site name Yellow Jacket Group
Alternate or previous names Yellowjacket Nos. 1-8

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.08874, 45.19516 (WGS84)
Elevation 1585
Relative position 12 MI NE OF BIG CREEK (TOWN)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Valley(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Acorn Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Warren(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Middle Fork Salmon(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Payette National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Valley

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 021N 011E 03 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • 4 MI UP CROOKED CREEK FROM BIG CREEK, .75 MI W OF SNOWSHOE MINE LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 7-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH USFS LAND OWNERSHIP BOUNDARIES, 1:126,720 SCALE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

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

Alteration

  • (Local) Gouge; Fe And Mn Oxides

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS SHOW 0 TO 0.44 OZ AU, 0 TO 0.86 OZ AG/TON
Result TRACE TO 1.85% CU
Result TRACE TO 0.04% PB
Result TRACE TO 0.10% ZN

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Ramey Ridge Equivalent-Dark-Colored Gneissic Intrusive Rocks
    Rock description Ramey Ridge Equivalent-Dark-Colored Gneissic Intrusive Rocks
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Yellowjacket Formation-Quartzite
    Rock description Yellowjacket Formation-Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.08874, 45.19516
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PODS
    Strike N 65 DEG W
    Dip 70 DEG NE
    Width 3.05M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • QUARTZITE VEIN BEST EXPOSED BY ADIT ON YELLOWJACKET CLAIM NO. 4, VALUES OF SAMPLES WEIGHTED BY WIDTH OF VEIN AVERAGED 2.7 GRAM GOLD PER METRIC TON; 3.4 GRAM SILVER PER METRIC TON AND 0.30 PERCENT COPPER. WEIGHTED AVERAGE METAL VALUES FOR ALL VEIN SAMPLES TAKEN FROM THE YELLOWJACKET NO.2 ADIT WERE 1.4 GRAM GOLD PER METRIC TON; 2.4 GRAM SILVER PER METRIC TON, AND 0.26 PERCENT COPPER. A RANDOM SAMPLE OF MATERIAL FROM PITS ON THE YELLOWJACKET NO. 1 ASSAYED 15.1 GRAM GOLD PER METRIC TON. 34.3 GRAM SILVER PER METRIC TON AND 0.07 PERCENT COPPER. CONSIST OF EIGHT MINING CLAIMS; LOCATED ABOUT 1.2 KILOMETERS WEST OF THE SNOWSHOE MINE, 6.4 KM. UP CROOKED CREEK FROM BIG CREEK. THE SNOWSHOE MINE ROAD PARALLELS CROOKED CR. AND PASSES THROUGH THE CENTER OF THE PROPERTY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1906
Discoverer Jacob Jensen

Mining district

District name Ramey Ridge District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Payette National Forest
Ownership category National Primitive Area
Area name Idaho Primitive Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner C. F. Hopkins; Cobalt, Idaho
  • Type Owner
    Owner M. C. Scott

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1970
    Inferred 181560mt ore
    Total resources 181560mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold 1.7 g/mt Gold Major 1970
    Silver 2.7 g/mt Silver Minor 1970
    Copper 0.2999 wt-pct Copper Trace 1970

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 316.99M

Comments on the workings information

  • 4 ADITS, 5 PITS

Comments on development

  • 8 CLAIMS ; ECON.COM: OVERBURDEN 1 TO 3 FT DEEP

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CATER, F. W., AND OTHERS, 1973, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE IDAHO PRIMITIVE AREA AND VICINITY, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 1304, 431 P.

  • Deposit

    USBM, 1975, ACTIVITY OF IDAHO MINING PROPERTIES, 1974, USBM, BOISE, IDAHO, 61 P.

  • Deposit

    1973 RECON F. W. CATER AND OTHERS, BULL. 1304

  • Deposit

    1975 COMPILE USBM, ACTIVITY OF IDAHO MINING PROPERTIES

  • Deposit

    IDAHO PRIMITIVE AREA AND VICINITY, IDAHO; USGS BULLETIN 1304 1973, P. 167, 170-173.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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