Mine detail: Yellow Jacket Mine

Previously called 'Old TunnellLast Chance'

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Location

Lat / long:

34.18088, -112.69353

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Secondary:	Silver
Tertiary:	Lead, Copper
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold
Gangue:	Quartz
Orebody form:	TABULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1939
Last production ended:	1959

Geology

Host type:	Diorite,Andesite,Granite
Associated type:	Diorite,Andesite,Granite
Structure:	Foliation In Precambrian Metamorphic Rocks Trends N10e To N25e; Granitic Rocks Unfoliated, Veins Parallel Mafic Dikes Which Trend Northeast And Dip At Low Angles, Usually Less Than 40 Degrees
Alteration processes:	Minor Sericite Along Vein Walls

References

MRDS	M800234
DEP	10088887
Reference	{Deposit:: BARTH, C.G., 1932, UNPUBLISHED GEOL MAP, AZ DEPT MIN. RESOURCES.}{Deposit:: AZ DEPT MIN. RESOURCES FILE DATA.}{Deposit:: USBM-ABGMT FILE DATA}{Deposit:: PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}
Reporter	Roth, Frances A. (Dewitt, Ed), Orris, Greta J.