Mine detail: Yellow Metal

Previously called 'BethWedgeJeffersonianGolden Rod'

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Location

Lat / long: 39.44656, -120.63964

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Ore: Galena, Gold, Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:Calaveras Complex
Host type:Porphyry

References

MRDSC011952
DEP10007657
Reference{Deposit:: LOGAN, C. A., 1941 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 37 , NO. 3 , PL. 3 .}{Deposit:: SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, 1964 , MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, V. 2 , P. 42 .}{Deposit:: MACBOYLE, E., 1918 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 16 , P. 258 .}
ReporterBowman, J. And Albers, J., Mosier, Dan