Yellow Jacket & Colorado Mine (Yellow Jacket Mine; Colorado), Osceola Mine (Osceola group; Red Star Mine; Colorado Mine; Yellow-Jacket Mine; Yellow Jacket Mine), 16 to 1 Mine (Sixteen-to-One Mine; Original Sixteen-to-One Mine), Alleghany, Alleghany Mining District (Forest Mining District), Sierra County, California, USAi
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
39° 28' 4'' North , 120° 49' 57'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
Place | Population | Distance |
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Downieville | 282 (2011) | 10.2km |
Washington | 185 (2011) | 12.4km |
Pike | 134 (2011) | 14.6km |
Camptonville | 158 (2011) | 18.6km |
Sierra City | 221 (2011) | 20.2km |
Nearest Clubs:
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Club | Location | Distance |
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Nevada County Gem & Mineral Society | Grass Valley, California | 34km |
Mindat Locality ID:
93757
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:93757:6
GUID (UUID V4):
0b6d7902-5b7f-4c66-a19b-dcfb2b88a25a
A former lode Au occurrence/mine located in sec. 34 & in the SW¼SW¼ sec. 35, T19N, R10E, MDM, 1.0 km (0.6 mile) ESE of Alleghany and 0.9 km (0.5 mile) N of Chips Flat (coordinates of record), on National Forest land. MRDS database stated accuracy for this location is 100 meters.
Mineralization is a vein deposit. Local rocks include undivided pre-Cenozoic metavolcanic rocks, unit 2 (undivided).
Workings include unspecified underground openings.
Select Mineral List Type
Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsGallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 1 - Elements | |||
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ⓘ | Gold | 1.AA.05 | Au |
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
O | Oxygen | |
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O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
Si | Silicon | |
Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
Au | Gold | |
Au | ⓘ Gold | Au |
Other Databases
Link to USGS MRDS: | 10034849 |
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References
(n.d.) Minerals Availability System (MAS), U.S. Bureau of Mines.file #0060910255