Mine detail: Yellow Jacket Mine

Previously called 'Yellow Jacket and Hoo Hoo MinesCopper Canyon Mines'

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Location

Lat / long: 45.72759, -122.2009

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Gold
Ore: Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Malachite
Gangue: Quartz
Orebody form: VEIN

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
Last production ended: 1953

Geology

Host rock:Silver Star Pluton
Host type:Diorite
Tectonic:Cascade Volcanic Arc
Alteration processes:Granodiorite Is Weakly Propylitized

References

MRDSM700194
DEP10047862
Reference{Deposit:: HUNTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37,V. 1, P. 79.}{Deposit:: MOEN, W.S., 1977, ST. HELENS AND WASHOUGAL MINING DISTRICTS OF THE SOUTHERN CASCADES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 60, P. 43, 54-56.}{Deposit:: PHILLIPS, W.M., 1987, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE VANCOUVER QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON AND OREGON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 87-10, SCALE 1:100,000.}{Production:: MOEN (1977)}
ReporterCaress, Mary E. (Evarts, Russ), Peterson, Jocelyn A.