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Kennedy Creek Mine

Past Producer in Missoula county in Montana, United States with commodities Zinc, Lead, Copper, Silver, 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019735
MRDS ID DC11305
Record type Site
Current site name Kennedy Creek Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.44458, 47.14849 (WGS84)
Elevation 1250
Relative position 4 MI W OF SQUAW PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Missoula(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

McCormick Peak(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)

Federal lands

Lolo National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Missoula

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 016N;016N 022W;023W 18;13 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • ON KENNEDY CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Secondary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.44458, 47.14849
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • KENNEDY CREEK MINE MIGHT BE ANOTHER NAME FOR THE LOST CABIN GROUP.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Nine Mile District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • IN 1943 , THIS MINE AND THREE NEARBY PLACERS PRODUCED 55 TONS OF ORE WHICH YIELDED 5 OZ AU, 163 OZ AG, 600 LB CU, 6600 LB PB AND 6500 LB ZN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DMEA RECORDS

  • Deposit

    SAHINEN, U. M., 1957 , MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS, MISSOULA AND RAVALLI COUNTIES MONTANA: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 8 , P. 15 .

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 05-10-1963

  • Production

    SAHINEN, U. M., 1957 : MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 8 , P. 15 .

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1979 Rojstaczer, Stuart A. U.S. Geological Survey

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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