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Yellow Jacket Mine

Past Producer in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper
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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. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088887
MRDS ID M800234
Record type Site
Current site name Yellow Jacket Mine
Alternate or previous names Old Tunnell, Last Chance
Related records 10161949

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.69353, 34.18088 (WGS84)
Elevation 1341
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF YARNELL., Estimated To Center Of Claim (Yellow Jacket Unpatented Claim)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Yarnell(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bradshaw Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hassayampa(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila-Agua Fria(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)

Bureau of Land Management AZ BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Yavapai

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 010N 004W 29 SW OF NE Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION MEASURED TO APPROXIMATE CENTER OF CLAIM AS INDICATED FROM CLAIM MAP, WHERE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF CLAIM IS 700 FT NORTHEAST OF LION PEAK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Lead Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Minor Sericite Along Vein Walls

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.69353, 34.18088
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Foliation In Precambrian Metamorphic Rocks Trends N10e To N25e; Granitic Rocks Unfoliated
Type of structure Local
Structure description Veins Parallel Mafic Dikes Which Trend Northeast And Dip At Low Angles, Usually Less Than 40 Degrees

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike NW
    Dip N, UNSPECIFIED
    Thickness 1.52M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting, Shearing, Igneous Activity

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1939
Year of last production 1959

Mining district

District name Rich Hill District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner J. L. Riggins, Rampage And Carter
    First year 1959

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT ON RENDEVOUS CLAIM FOLLOWS FAULT ZONE FOR 165 FT, ORIENTED N65E TO N85E

Comments on development

  • UNPATENTED CLAIMS INCLUDE YELLOW JACKET, LAST CHANCE, AND RENDEVOUS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BARTH, C.G., 1932, UNPUBLISHED GEOL MAP, AZ DEPT MIN. RESOURCES.

  • Deposit

    AZ DEPT MIN. RESOURCES FILE DATA.

  • Deposit

    USBM-ABGMT FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WIDELY-SPACED QUARTZ VEINS IN GRANITE. STRIKE OF VEINS QUESTIONABLE, MAY BE NE. DEPOSIT IS QUARTZ VEIN WHICH CUTS PRECAMBRIAN GRANITIC ROCKS. VEIN LOCALIZED ALONG SHALLOWLY-DIPPING ANDESITE AND DIORITE DIKES. NO MENTION OF DIORITE DIKES IN REFERENCES.
Deposit CLAIMS TREND NW; VEINS PROBABLY TREND NW ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-81 Roth, Frances A. (Dewitt, Ed) Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology
Updater 01-JUN-93 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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