Yellow Jacket Mine

Prospect in Plumas county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Quartz
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10164361
MAS/MILS ID 0060630821
Record type Site
Current site name Yellow Jacket Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -121.22575, 39.75048 (WGS84)
Elevation 1390
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Plumas(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Haskins Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Fork Feather(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Plumas 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 California Plumas

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 022 N 007 E 20 NWNW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Quartz Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -121.22575, 39.75048

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EXAMINED FOR BUREAU OF MINES MLA RARE 2 STUDY OF MIDDLE FORK

  • Deposit

    FEATHER RIVER

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 05-DEC-1984 Conyac, Martin U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative California resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.