Commodities
PrimarySilver, Gold
TertiaryLead, Copper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Model85: Polymetallic veins
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formSTRINGERS
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena
GanguePyrite, Quartz, Specularite
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Production years1893 - 1897 , 1902 - 1949
First production1987
Discovery year1868
Identification
Deposit ID10070808
MRDS IDW013905
Alternate namesYellowjacket Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates44.98738, -114.52033
References
Anderson, Alfred L., 1953, Gold - Copper - Lead Deposits Of The Yellowjacket District, Lemhi County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 94, 41 P.Griner, W. C., 1974, Seventy - First Annual Report Of The Mining Industry Of Idaho For 1973 - 1974, 98 P.The Wallace Miner, Aug. 26 , 1976 , P. 21953 Recon Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 941974 Compile State Mine Inspector'S Ann. Rept.1976 Direxpl Cyprus Mines Corp., Wallace Miner, Aug. 26 , 1976American Mines Handbook, 1996, P234.Randol Mining Directory, 1996/97, U.S. Mines and Mining Companies, P. 203.Anderson, A. L., 1953, Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 94, 41 P.