| Deposit ID | 10047862 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M700194 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Yellow Jacket Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Yellow Jacket and Hoo Hoo Mines, Copper Canyon Mines |
| Geographic coordinates: | -122.2009, 45.72759 (WGS84) |
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| Elevation | 381 |
| Location accuracy | 1000(meters) |
| Relative position | 9.5 MI NORTH OF PRINDLE, 16.5 MI FROM WASHOUGAL; ABOUT 5.75 MI NORTH OF BOBS MOUNTAIN, Estimated. Location Given Is Prospect Symbol Shown On Topo Map About 0.5 Mi North Of Skamania Mine. This Is In Ne/4 Sw/4 Sec. 21 Rather Than In Section Fraction Indicated By Moen., Estimated. Location Given Is Prospect Symbol Shown On Topo Map About 0.5 Mi North Of Skamania Mine. This Is In Ne/4 Sw/4 Sec. 21 Rather Than In Section Fraction Indicated By Moen. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Skamania(county)
Washington(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Bobs Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Vancouver(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Vancouver(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Lower Columbia-Sandy(hydrologic unit)
Lower Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)
Lower Columbia(hydrologic subregion)
Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Gifford Pinchot National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Washington | Skamania |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willamette | 003N | 005E | 21 | SW4 OF NE4 | Washington |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Gold | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Bornite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | FROM EAST ADIT FIVE CHANNEL SAMPLES 6-18 IN. THICK AVERAGED 4.73% CU, 3.47 OZ/TON AG, TR AU. VEIN IN WEST ADIT ASSAYED UP TO 2% CU, 1.5 OZ/TON AG, TR AU. |
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| Model code | 85 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 22c |
| Deposit model name | Polymetallic veins |
| Mark3 model number | 46 |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||
| Rock unit name | Silver Star Pluton | ||||
| Rock description | Silver Star Pluton | ||||
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| (1) | -122.2009, 45.72759 |
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| General form | VEIN |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 65 W |
| Dip | 75-80N |
| Thickness | 0.61M |
| Length | 121.92M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Year of last production | 1953 |
| District name | Washougal District |
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| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|---|
| Area name | In Gifford Pinchot National Forest |
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Copper Canyon Mines, Camas, Wash. |
| First year | 1953 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Hugh Ringquist, Camas, Wash. |
| First year | 1956 |
| Year | 1953 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Material | ORE CU AG | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Description | Ap_Grade: ^5.5% Cu, 3.95 Oz/Ton Ag | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 69.19M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M700194 |
HUNTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37,V. 1, P. 79.
MOEN, W.S., 1977, ST. HELENS AND WASHOUGAL MINING DISTRICTS OF THE SOUTHERN CASCADES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 60, P. 43, 54-56.
PHILLIPS, W.M., 1987, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE VANCOUVER QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON AND OREGON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 87-10, SCALE 1:100,000.
MOEN (1977)
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | 1-2 FT THICK QUARTZ VEIN THAT CAN BE TRACED FOR AT LEAST 400 FT. ORE MINERALS ARE DISSEMINATED GRAINS OR IN POCKETS AND STREAKS IN BANDED AND VUGGY QUARTZ. PARTS OF VEIN ARE OXIDIZED. |
| Deposit | LOCATION MAP AVAILABLE, MOEN (1977). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-NOV-81 | Caress, Mary E. (Evarts, Russ) | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-NOV-92 | Peterson, Jocelyn A. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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