| Deposit ID | 10246378 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M055236 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 0320030110 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Yellow Pine Mine |
| Point of reference | Main Entrance |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -115.49614, 35.85 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 1439 |
| Location accuracy | 10(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Clark(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Goodsprings(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Mesquite Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Kingman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Ivanpah-Pahrump Valleys(hydrologic unit)
Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)
Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)
Great Basin(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Clark |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 024 S | 058 E | 20 | NESENW | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Gold | Tertiary |
| Lead | Tertiary |
| Silver | Tertiary |
| Zinc Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Anglesite | Unknown |
| Calamine | Unknown |
| Cerussite | Unknown |
| Galena | Unknown |
| Malachite | Unknown |
| Smithsonite | Unknown |
| Main Entrance (1) | -115.49614, 35.85 |
|---|
| Thickness | 4.6M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Length | 305M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 54M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1892 |
| Year of first production | 1906 |
| District name | Goodsprings District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Yellow Pine Mine |
| Home office | Nevada |
| Year | 1964 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Security 1st Natl Bank And F. Nay And N. Meehan |
| Home office | California |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0320030110 | |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M055236 | MAS references MRDS |
LONGWELL, C.R., ET AL, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CLARK
CO., NEV., 1965, NEV. BU MINES BULL. 62, PP. 108-110, 198
LAWRENCE, E.F., ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEV., 1963, NEV BU
MINES BULL. 61, PP. 39, PL. 1.
GARSIDE, L.J., RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURENCES IN NEV., 1973,
NEV. BU MINES BULL. 81, PP. 31.
BU MINES STAFF, MERCURY POTENTIAL OF THE US, 1965, US BU
MINES INFO. CIRC, 8252, PP. 298.
BAILEY, E.H., AND PHOENIX, D.A., QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEV
1944, NEV. BU MINES 41, PP. 53.
GAGE, H.L., THE LEAD-ZINC MINES OF NEVADA, 1941, BONNEVILLE
POWER ADMIN., CONFIDENTIAL REPORT, PP. 49-63.
ALBRITTON, C.C., JR., ET AL, GEOLOGIC CONTROLS OF LEAD AND
ZINC DEPOSITS IN GOODSPRINGS (YELLOW PINE) DISTRICT, NEV.,
1954, USGS BULL. 1010, PP. 18-39.
HEWETT, D.F., GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE GOODSPRINGS
7, P.30, NEV., USGS PROF. PAPER 162.
HEWETT, D.R., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE IVANPAH
QUAD., CAL. AND NEV., 1956, USGS PROF. PAPER 275.
GEEHAN, R.W. AND BENSON, W.T., INVESTIGATION OF THE YELLOW
PINE ZONC-LEAD MINE, CLARK CO., NEV., 1949, US BU MINES
RPT, INVEST. 4613.
LINCOLN, F.C., MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NEV.
1923, PP. 29-33.
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 17-FEB-93 | Ridenour, James | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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