Kennedy Creek Placer Mine

Past Producer in Missoula county in Montana, United States with commodity Gold

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Public Land Survey System information
Commodities
Materials information
Host and associated rocks
Nearby scientific data
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Mining district
Land status
Ownership information
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
General comments
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10101492
MRDS ID	D003839
Record type	Site
Current site name	Kennedy Creek Placer Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-114.49486, 47.11182 (WGS84)
Elevation	975
Relative position	9.8 MI NW OF HUSON, MONT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Missoula(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Alberton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Plains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wallace(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Clark Fork(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country	State	County
United States	Montana	Missoula

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian	Township	Range	Section	Fraction	State
Montana Principal	016N	023W	27	SW	Montana

Comments on the location information

NEAR STARK, MONT.

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Gold	Primary

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Gold	Ore

Analytical data

Result	BEDROCK ESTIMATED TO CONTAIN $4 PER YARD IN AU

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated

Host

Rock type

Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Stratigraphic age (youngest)	Holocene
Stratigraphic age (youngest)	Holocene

Host or associated Host

Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone

Host or associated	Host
Rock type	Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-114.49486, 47.11182	ListMap

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

SOURCE OF CONGLOMERATE MATERIAL WAS EVIDENTLY FROM THE UPLAND AND MOUNTAINS TO THE NE WHENCE IT WAS SCOURED OFF THE SURFACE BY GLACIATION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Past Producer
Commodity type	Metallic
Deposit size	Small
Significant	No
Discovery year	1880

Mining district

District name	Nine Mile District

Land status

Ownership category	Private

Ownership information

Type Owner

Owner Kennedy Creek Gold Mining Co.

Type	Owner
Owner	Kennedy Creek Gold Mining Co.

Comments on the production information

MINE HAD BEEN PRODUCING ON A SMALL SCALE IN THE 1900'S. SMALL SCALE OPERATIONS HAVE BEEN PRODUCING INTERMITTENTLY SINCE THAT TIME.

Comments on the reserve resource information

AREA IN 1910 WAS ESTIMATED TO CONTAIN AT LEAST $5,500,000 IN AU.

Comments on the workings information

AROUND 1910 A DREDGE WAS OPERATED FOR A FEW WEEKS BUT IT WAS ABANDONED TO DUE THE DIFFICULTIES INVOLVED IN MINING.

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	D003839

Bibliographic references

Analytical Data

SRC.REF: SCHRADER, F. C., 1911 : US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 470 , PP. 66 .
Deposit

SCHRADER, F. C., 1911 , GOLD-BEARING GROUND MORRAINE IN NORTHWESTERN MONTANA: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 470, PP. 63-69 .
Deposit

LYNDEN, C. J., 1948 , THE GOLD PLACERS OF MONTANA: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY MEM. 26 , PP. 106 - 107 .
Production

SCHRADER, F. C., 1911 : US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 470 , P. 69 .

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	GOLD IS CONTAINED WITHIN THE GROUND MORRAINE OR TILL THAT FLOORS THE BASIN; THIS MATERIAL IS SEEMINGLY GOLD BEARING THROUGHOUT; PIECES ARE USUALLY FLATTENED BUT ROUGH AND IRREGULAR IN SHAPE AND MANY PIECES HAVE QUARTZ ADHERING TO OR EMBEDDED IN THEM, DENOTING THAT THE METAL IS OF COMPARATIVELY LOCAL DERIVATION.
Deposit	OWING TO THE EXTREME INDURATION OF THE MATERIAL AND THE STICKINESS OF THE MATRIX, DIFFICULTIES ARE ENCOUNTERED IN EXTRACTING THE AU. THIS PROBLEM ALTHOUGH COMMON THROUGHOUT THE NINE MILE DISTRICT IS MOST TROUBLESOME ALONG KENNEDY CREEK. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-JUL-1979	Rojstaczer, Stuart A.	U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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