Yellow Jacket Group

Occurrence in Larimer county in Colorado, United States with commodity Gold
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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013974
MRDS ID D010553
Record type Site
Current site name Yellow Jacket Group
Alternate or previous names Unpatented Claims: Copper King, Bismark, Bismark Extension, Yellow Jacket, Gold Dust, Strang, Lucky Star

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.20531, 40.50137 (WGS84)
Elevation 1756
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 8.8 MILES S51W FROM FORT COLLINS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Larimer(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Horsetooth Reservoir(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fort Collins(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Greeley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big Thompson(hydrologic unit)

South Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Larimer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 006N 070W 11 W2 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • ON OR NEAR HILLTOP WEST OF REDSTONE CREEK ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR APPROX CENTER W2 SEC. 11 ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1980

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Tonalite
    Rock unit name Tonalite;Diorite
    Rock description Tonalite;Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Tonalite
    Rock unit name Tonalite;Metasedimentary Rocks--Mica Schist
    Rock description Tonalite;Metasedimentary Rocks--Mica Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.20531, 40.50137

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Front Range Uplift, Cheyenne Basin
Type of structure Local
Structure description Big Thompson Anticline, Milner Mountain Fault, Fletcher Hill (Buck Horn) Fault, Masonville Anticline, Buckhorn Syncline, Masonville Stock , Redstone Fault

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.46M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Masonville District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Redstone Gold Mining Corp.
    Home office Denver, Co.
    First year 1924

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUTS; 15 FT OF SHAFT, 25 FT OF DRIFTS; LOWER TUNNEL DRIVEN 1 00 FT EASTWARD, MIDDLE TUNNEL DRIVEN 200 FT SE, UPPER TUNNEL INACCESSI BLE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WOLFE, J.A., 1953, GEOLOGY OF THE MASONVILLE MINING DISTRICT, LARIM ER COUNTY, COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL OFO MINES M. SC. THESIS T-789.

  • Deposit

    BRADDOCK, W.A., AND OTHERS, 1970, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MASONVILLE QU ADRANGLE, LARIMER COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP G+832.

  • Deposit

    COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1983 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Colorado resources

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