Mine detail: Yellow Jacket Mine

Previously called 'Patented Claims: Phoenix, MS 362Pelican, MS 363Yellow Jacket, MS 374'

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Location

Lat / long:

37.69945, -108.01815

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Lead, Zinc
Secondary:	Copper, Gold
Tertiary:	Manganese
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Calcite, Pyrolusite, Quartz
Discovery year:	1877

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1880
Last production ended:	1946

Geology

Host rock:	Hermosa Formation
Host type:	Limestone
Associated rock:	Hornblende Latite Porphyry
Associated type:	Latite
Structure:	San Juan Uplift, Paradox Basin, Rico Dome, Yellow Jacket Fault, Nellie Bly Fault, Last Chance Fault
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
Alteration processes:	Oxidation Of Galena To Cerussite

References

MRDS	D010794
DEP	10101869
Reference	{Deposit:: RANSOME, F.L., 1901, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF THE RICO MOUNTAINS, COLORADO: USGS 22D ANN. REPT., PT. 2, P. 375-379.}{Deposit:: MCKNIGHT, E.T., 1974, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE RICO DISTRICT, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 723, P. 89-91, PL. 2.}{Deposit:: PRATT, W.P., AND OTHERS, 1969, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE RICO QUADRANGLE, DOLORES AND MONTEZUMA COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-797.}{Deposit:: CROSS, WHITMAN, AND RANSOME, F.L., 1905, DESCRIPTION OF THE RICO QUADRANGLE: USGS FOLIO 130.}{Deposit:: BLM MINERAL SURVEYS MS 362, 363, 364}{Deposit:: COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPTS. AND ANNUAL OPERATOR REPTS.}{Production:: COLORADO DIV. MINES ANNUAL OPERATOR REPTS.}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.