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Yellow Jacket

Past Producer in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Copper
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102146
MRDS ID DC15287
Record type Site
Current site name Yellow Jacket
Related records 10155109

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.17165, 39.98466 (WGS84)
Elevation 1554
Relative position HEAD OF S. FORK OF BULLION CANYON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dugway Range NW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fish Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Delta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Great Salt Lake Desert(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 010S 012W 02 SE OF SW OF NW Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Lead Ore
Malachite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Dolomitization Of Fandangle Limestone

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Fandangle Limestone
    Rock description Fandangle Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.17165, 39.98466
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin & Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Two Fissures (N15w, 45sw; N80w, 80ne). The Buckhorn Thrust Fault Is 400 Ft. East

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissures

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: LEAD CARBONATE ORE FROM REPLACEMENT BODIES IN FISSURES OF DOLOMITIZED & IRON STAINED FANDANGLE LIMESTONE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Dugway District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner J. F. Cannon
    Home office Salt Lake City, Ut.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF SEVERAL OPEN CUTS, SHORT ADITS, AND A INCLINED SHAFT-APPROX 200' LONG

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LEAD CARBONATE ORE FROM REPLACEMENT BODIES IN FISSURES OF DOLOMITIZED AND IRON-STAINED FANDANGLE LIMESTONE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1980 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1981 Eads, James P. U.S. Geological Survey

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