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State: California
County: Nevada
Elevation: 5,686 feet
Latitude: 39.4460113
Longitude: -120.6402143
Type: Gold
The Yellow Metal Mine is in the English Mountain District in northeastern Nevada County in the vicinity of English Mountain and Bowman Lake. The area was first mined during the 1860s, followed by activity at the English Mountain gold and copper mines during the 1890s and early 1900s. There has been minor prospecting since.
The area is underlain by slate, schist, hornfels and granite, all of which are cut by diorite and quartz-diorite dikes. The ore deposits consist of iron-rich zones containing quartz, free gold, galena, pyrite, and chalcopyrite. Molybednite is abundant in places. The principal gold sources have been the English Mountain Gold and Yellow Metal mines.
Gold Districts of California
