Yellowjacket Claim

Prospect in Lane county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Zinc
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10177572
MRDS ID M025156
MAS/MILS ID 0410390108
Record type Site
Current site name Yellowjacket Claim
Alternate or previous names Sunset Prospect, Yellow Jacket Prospect, Yellow Jacket Claim
Related records 10036367

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -122.63195, 43.57232 (WGS84)
Elevation 1536
Location accuracy 250(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lane(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fairview Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oakridge(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Roseburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

North Umpqua(hydrologic unit)

Southern Oregon Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Oregon-Washington Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Umpqua National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Lane

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 023 S 001 E 13 NWSE Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -122.63195, 43.57232

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 893, 1938, P. 80.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES IC 7512, 1949, P. 48.

  • Deposit

    OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 14-D, 1951, P. 80.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 24-AUG-1992 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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