USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Nevada · Mineral County
Yankee Girl
Unconfirmed Tungsten Mixed Underground / Surface
Key facts
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Mineral
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Mixed underground / surface
- Primary commodity
- Tungsten
- Verification
- Unconfirmed
Also known as
- Yankee, Grutt
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
Gold Copper mine Deposit: Adjacent to granite contact, limestone has been altered to tactite in zones 4 to 5 ft. Thick. The best zone has lense about 40 feet long and averaging 4 feet in width; scheelite spradically distributed Deposit type: W skarn …
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 6 shaft symbols
- 7 adit symbols
View individual source records (2)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
- Derived from MRDS oper_type (existing operation): Surface-Underground
- MRDS oper_type documents existing underground operation (dev_stat=Past Producer): Surface-Underground · oper_type
Verification
Unconfirmed
Source records support underground workings, but UndergroundMines has not yet independently verified this mine.
Why it's listed
Source records document both underground and surface mining.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Past Producer
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- commodity:Tungsten
- Granite
- Hornfels
- Limestone
- Scheelite
- Tactite
Access & recent conditions
- Land
- unknown
Community reports
No community field reports yet.
I Visited This MineSources & evidence
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features
Type: Historical mapped physical features
Dataset: DOI 10.5066/P9TAALR6
Supports:
- mapped shaft symbols (6)
- mapped adit symbols (7)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 39861
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (6)
A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.
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