USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Nevada · Elko County
Yellow Girl Mine
Unconfirmed Copper Underground
Key facts
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Elko
- Mining district
- Contact (48)
- Development status
- Occurrence
- Mine type
- Underground
- Primary commodity
- Copper
- Verification
- Unconfirmed
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
Copper Structure: Granodiorite Stock With Assoc. Faults, Fractures Alteration: Some Oxidation Deposit: Part of the poole dike carried 12% Cu, but no production had been recorded As of 1935. Mineralization controlled by faults, fractures. This mine i…
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 7 shaft symbols
- 4 adit symbols
View individual source records (2)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
- USGS MRDS working type: Underground
- MRDS work_type documents underground workings: Underground · work_type
Verification
Unconfirmed
Source records support underground workings, but UndergroundMines has not yet independently verified this mine.
Why it's listed
USGS source data documents underground workings for this record.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Occurrence
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Quartz
- Bornite
- Chalcopyrite
- Bornite
- Chalcopyrite
- commodity:Copper
- commodity:Iron
- commodity:Molybdenum
View all 11 reported minerals
- Quartz
- Bornite
- Chalcopyrite
- Bornite
- Chalcopyrite
- commodity:Copper
- commodity:Iron
- commodity:Molybdenum
- Diorite
- Granite
- Quartz
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 (7)
- mapped adit symbols (4)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 40995
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (8)
A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.
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Documented adit evidence