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Yellow Jacket Mine

Past Producer in Merced county in California, United States with commodity Mercury
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10236733
MRDS ID M055752
MAS/MILS ID 0060470065
Record type Site
Current site name Yellow Jacket Mine
Alternate or previous names Yellow Jacket
Related records 10040874

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -121.21931, 36.91773 (WGS84)
Elevation 823
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Merced(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mariposa Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Monterey(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Monterey(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Panoche-San Luis Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Merced

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 012 S 007 E 05 NESE California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -121.21931, 36.91773
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 931-Q, 1942, P. 429-430.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 147, 1949, P. 53-54.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL. V. 48, 1952, P. 231.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 31-JUL-1992 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative California resources

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