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Kennedy

Past Producer in Amador county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Lead
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10028230
MRDS ID M005097
Record type Site
Current site name Kennedy
Related records 10235282

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.78019, 38.36712 (WGS84)
Elevation 457
Relative position ABOUT 1 MILE N OF JACKSON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Amador(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jackson(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Andreas(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Mokelumne(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Amador

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 006 011E 16,17,20;21 California

Comments on the location information

  • SW 1/4 SW 1/4 SEC. 16

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GOLD IN QUARTZ WITH AURIFEROUS PYRITE, MINOR GALENA.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.78019, 38.36712
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 20 W
    Dip 70 E
    Thickness 12.19M
    Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: VEIN 2 TO 40 FT EXPOSED IN META-ANDESITE BUT PASSES INTO A NARROW BELT OF BLACK SLATE BELOW THE SURFACE. ORE SHOOTS CONTAIN MOST OF THE HIGHER GRADE ORE. GREENSTONE HANGING WALL, SLATE FOOTWALL.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Discovery year 1856
Production years INTERMITTANTLY FROM 1856 - 1941

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mark And Frances Eudey
    First year 1953

Comments on the production information

  • OPERATIONS SHUT DOWN TWICE DUE TO FIRE AND FINALLY DUE TO GOVERNMENT ORDER DURING WWII. PRODUCED ABOUT 500 LBS. OF LEAD FROM CONCENTRATE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 63.133HA
    Overall depth 1801.98M

Comments on the workings information

  • VERTICAL SHAFT 4764 FT WITH INCLINED WINZE TO 5912 FT LEVEL; OVER 50 MILES OF UNDERGROUND WORKINGS MINE LOCATED 1860

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CARLSON, D.W. AND CLARK, W.B., 1954 , MINES AND MIN. RES. OF AMADOR COUNTY, CAL: CJMG VOL. 50 , P. 182

  • Deposit

    IRELAN, WM. JR., 1888 , EIGHTH REPT. OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CMB REPT. 8 , P. 66 - 71

  • Deposit

    STORM, E.M., THE MOTHER LODE REGION OF CAL: CMB BULL. 18 , P. 52 - 54

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B., 1914 , AMADOR COUNTY: CMB REPT. 14 , P. 31 - 34

  • Production

    CARLSON, D.W. AND CLARK, W.B., 1954

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ADD. REF. NO.4. INCLUDES, BESIDES THE ORIGINAL KENNEDY CLAIM, THE BELLWETHER, CLYDE, NORTH CLYDE, NORTH CLYDE PLACER, AND SILVA QUARTZ CLAIMS AND OTHER LAND, A TOTAL OF 156 ACRES. (DOM BULL. 108, P. 85). IN 1957, A CLEANUP AT THE MINE, IDLE AT THE TIME, RESULTED IN SOME RECOVERABLE GOLD AND SILVER. - US BUR MINES MIN. YEARBOOK, 1957, V. 3, P. 213. UNPUB MAP FOR CONS. DIV. SHOWS UNIDENTIFIED LOC. NORTH OF COMMON QUARTER COR. SECS. 16, 17 - PROB.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1978 Tatkin, T.; Albers, J. U.S. Geological Survey

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