| Deposit ID | 10043947 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M231256 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Yellow Jacket Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -119.65794, 39.29157 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1814 |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Storey(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Virginia City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Carson City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Middle Carson(hydrologic unit)
Carson(hydrologic accounting unit)
Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)
Great Basin(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Storey |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 017N | 021E | 32 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Lead | Secondary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Argentite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Model code | 150 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 25c |
| Deposit model name | Epithermal vein, Comstock |
| Mark3 model number | 16 |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Alta Andesite | ||||||
| Rock description | Alta Andesite | ||||||
| |||||||
| (1) | -119.65794, 39.29157 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Regional Dip To West And Northwest |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Faults |
| General form | TABULAR, V-SHAPED |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Large |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1859 |
| Year of first production | 1864 |
| District name | Comstock Lode |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Houston Oil And Minerals Corp. (Present) |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Houston Oil And Minerals Corp. (Present) |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M231256 |
STODDARD, CARL, AND CARPENTER, J.A., 1950. MINERAL RESOURCES OF STOREY AND LYON COUNTIES, NEVADA NBMG BULL 49
BONHAM, H.F., 1969, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WASHOE AND STOREY COUNTIES, NEVADA: NBMG BULL 70
WPA STATE WRITER'S PROJECT, 1940-41, INDIVIDUAL HISTORIES OF THE MINES OF THE COMSTOCK; UNPUBLISHED OPEN-FILE REPORT; NEV. BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL
STODDARD, C., AND CARPENTER, J.A., 1950
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | VEIN, COMSTOCK LODE/ORE IN HANGING WALL. |
| Deposit | A BONANZA STRIKE, THIS DEPOSIT WAS MINED TO THE BOTTOM OF ITS ORE BODY BY 1870. THE DEPOSIT IS V-SHAPED WITH THE ORE OCCURRING ON THE HANGING WALL. THE FOOTWALL IS COMPOSED OF BARREN QUARTZ. FIRST STAKED IN 1859, WORK BEGAN IN 1860; ORE DISCOVERED IN 1862, MORE IN 1864. DEVELOPMENT AND PRODUCTION CONTINUED ALMOST CONTINUOUSLY THRU THE 1800'S AND EARLY 1900'S. TOTAL PRODUCTION, 1864-1919 WAS 997,870 TONS OF ORE, AVERAGING $17.57 PER TON. CURRENTLY PART OF OPEN-PIT MINE OF HOUSTON OIL & MINERALS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-OCT-1980 | Flynn, Patricia Dodd | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology |
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