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Kelly

Producer in Placer county in California, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032047
MRDS ID M012131
Record type Site
Current site name Kelly
Related records 10164482

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.08703, 38.81689 (WGS84)
Relative position SW1/4 OF SEC. (TOPO MAP) - NEAR RATTLESNAKE BAR.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Placer(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pilot Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

North Fork American(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Placer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 011N 008E 09 California

Comments on the location information

  • LATITUDE-LONGITUDE determined using PLS and GIS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.08703, 38.81689
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: PLACER - AURIFEROUS RIVER GRAVELS - BARS FOR ONE MILE ALONG THE AMERICAN RIVER NORTH OF RATTLESNAKE BAR. THE GRAVELS HAD BEEN RECENTLY PROSPECTED (AS OF 1915-16) AND PANNED WILL IN GOLD.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Auburn

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner M. Kelly
    First year 1935

Comments on the production information

  • 1935 PROBABLY. SMALL PRODUCTION.

Comments on the workings information

  • WAS BEING WORKED BY GAS SHOVEL IN 1935. AREA IS NOW (1963) INUNDATED BY FOLSOM RESERVOIR.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 32, NO. 1, 1936, P. 92.

  • Deposit

    USGS FOLIO 5, SACRAMENTO

  • Deposit

    DOM 15TH REPORT OF STATE MINERALOGIST, P. 382

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 31, 1935, NO. 1, P. 20

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey

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