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Yankee Girl Mine

Past Producer in Mineral county in Nevada, United States with commodity Tungsten
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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. Materials information
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Production statistics
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045434
MRDS ID M233165
Record type Site
Current site name Yankee Girl Mine
Alternate or previous names Yankee

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.31957, 39.01741 (WGS84)
Relative position 6 MI. E OF RAWHIDE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Big Kasock Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fallon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Gabbs Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 013N 032E 01 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 42
USGS model code 14a
Deposit model name W skarn

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Granitic Rocks
    Rock description Granitic Rocks
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Hornfels
    Rock unit name Excelsior;Granitic Rocks
    Rock description Excelsior;Granitic Rocks

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.31957, 39.01741
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS
    Length 12.19M
    Width 1.52M

Comments on the geologic information

  • PREDOMINATE ROCK IN AREA IS GRANODIORITE CONTAINING SMALL REMNANTS OF LIMESTONE AS ROOF PENDANTS. THESE INTRUDED BY ANDESITE AND BASALT DIKES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1907
Discoverer Gould

Mining district

District name Regent District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Leo And Eugene Grutt (Early 1940'S)

Production statistics

  • Year 1940
    Period 1907-1940'S
    Material ORE W
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^2.0% Wo3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Wo3 Ore Tungsten Tungsten 2wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • 210 TONS OF ORE CONTAININT 2.0% WO3 WERE MINED AND SHIPPED

Comments on the workings information

  • 200-FOOT DRIFT, SHORT RAISES, AND WINZES

Comments on development

  • 3 UNPATENTED LODE CLAIMS KNOWN AS YANKEE, YANKEE GIRL, & YANKEE HILL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROSS, D. C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 58

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON & BENSON, 1963, TUNGSTEN RESOURCES OF NEVADA; USBM

  • Production

    JOHNSON AND BENSON, 1963, P. 99

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ADJACENT TO GRANITE CONTACT, LIMESTONE HAS BEEN ALTERED TO TACTITE IN ZONES 4 TO 5 FT. THICK. THE BEST ZONE HAS LENSE ABOUT 40 FEET LONG AND AVERAGING 4 FEET IN WIDTH; SCHEELITE SPRADICALLY DISTRIBUTED

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1981 Royse, Sue E. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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