Mine detail: Yellow Jacket Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

39.29157, -119.65794

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Gold
Secondary:	Lead, Copper
Tertiary:	Zinc, Iron
Ore:	Argentite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Orebody form:	TABULAR, V-SHAPED
Discovery year:	1859

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Large
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1864

Geology

Host rock:	Alta Andesite
Host type:	Andesite
Structure:	Regional Dip To West And Northwest, Faults
Alteration processes:	Propylitization, Oxidation, Pyritization

References

MRDS	M231256
DEP	10043947
Reference	{Deposit:: STODDARD, CARL, AND CARPENTER, J.A., 1950. MINERAL RESOURCES OF STOREY AND LYON COUNTIES, NEVADA NBMG BULL 49}{Deposit:: BONHAM, H.F., 1969, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WASHOE AND STOREY COUNTIES, NEVADA: NBMG BULL 70}{Deposit:: WPA STATE WRITE * PROJECT, 1940-41, INDIVIDUAL HISTORIES OF THE MINES OF THE COMSTOCK; UNPUBLISHED OPEN-FILE REPORT; NEV. BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL}{Production:: STODDARD, C., AND CARPENTER, J.A., 1950}
Reporter	Flynn, Patricia Dodd