Yankee Fork District

Producer in Custer county in Idaho, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Copper, Lead, Zinc
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Alteration
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60001730
MRDS ID W018005
Record type District
Current site name Yankee Fork District

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.71813, 44.32209 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sunbeam(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

White Cloud Peaks(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper 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 Custer

Commodities

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

Alteration

  • (Local) OXIDATION

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 150
USGS model code 25c
Deposit model name Epithermal vein, Comstock
Mark3 model number 16

Nearby scientific data

(1) Granodiorite and two-mica granite.

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description FRACTURES, SHEAR ZONES, BRECCIA ZONES
Type of structure Regional
Structure description GENTLY WARPED AND FRACTURED

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault/fracture

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Discovery year 1875
Year of first production 1875

Mining district

District name YANKEE FORK DISTRICT

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner GEODOME, U.S. ANTIMONY CORP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KOSCHMANN, A.H., AND BERGENDAHL, M.H., 1968, PRINCIPAL GOLD-PRODUCING DISTRICTS OF THER UNITED STATES: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 610, 283 P. (P. 128)

  • Deposit

    UMPLEBY, J.B., 1913, SOME ORE DEPOSITS IN NORTHWESTERN CUSTER COUNTY, IDAHO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 539, 104 P.

  • Deposit

    MOSIER, DAN L., MENZIE, W. DAVID, AND KLEINHAMPL, FRANK J., 1986, GEOLOGIC AND GRADE-TONNAGE INFORMATION ON TERTIARY EPITHERMAL PRECIOUS- AND BASE-METAL VEIN DISTRICTS ASSOCIATED WITH VOLCANIC ROCKS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1666, 39 P.

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL, NOV. 2, 1984, P. 311.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1906-1957, MINERALS YEARBOOKS.

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, A.L., 1949, SILVER-GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE YANKEE FORK DISTRICT, CUSTER COUNTY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 83, P. 37 P.

Beyond USGS

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