Yellow Jacket District

Producer in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Silver, Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Bibliographic references
  10. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000245
MRDS ID D001492
Record type District
Current site name Yellow Jacket District

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.52813, 44.98178 (WGS84)
Relative position LAT. AND LONG. ARE APPROX. (UPDATED TO USE LAT AND LONG OF YELLOWJACKET MINE ON 6/6/91)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Yellowjacket(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(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

Salmon-Challis 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 Idaho Lemhi

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.52813, 44.98178

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic

Mining district

District name YELLOW JACKET DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, A.L., 1953, GOLD-COPPER-LEAD DEPOSITS OF THE YELLOW JACKET DISTRICT, LEMHI COUNTY, ID.: ID. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. PAMPHLET 94

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1974 FISHER, FRED S. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1991 JOHNSON, KATHLEEN M. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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