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Kelly

Past Producer in Kern county in California, United States with commodities Silver, Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048785
MRDS ID MP90010
Record type Site
Current site name Kelly

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.65089, 35.35999 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kern(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Johannesburg(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cuddeback Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Trona(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Antelope-Fremont Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Kern

Comments on the location information

  • POORLY DEFINED ARE, CENTERED AROUND THE TOWN OF CALLHAN AND EXTENDS NORTH ALONG THE SCOTT RIVER
  • 1500 FT NORTHWEST OF CALIFORNIA RAND NO. 1 SHAFT

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • LOW AG CONTENT

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Iron Ore
Pyrite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 151
USGS model code 25d
Deposit model name Epithermal vein, Sado
Mark3 model number 28

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Rand Schist
    Rock description Rand Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.65089, 35.35999
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Wall Rock/Fault Planes

Comments on the geologic information

  • AREA CHARACTERIZED BY PALEOZOIC SHALES, SLATES, LIMESTONES, AND CALCAREOUS SANDSTONES THAT ARE INTRUDED BY SERPENTINE, GABBRO AND GRANODIORITE (KOSCHMANN, P. 81)
  • FLAT LYING SCHIST INTRUDED BY BATHOLITH OF QUARTZ MONZONITE (MESOZOIC ATOLIA) AND NUMEROUS MIOCENE RHYOLITE PIPES, DIKES AND SILLS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Discovery year 1893

Mining district

District name Randsburg

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HULIN, C.D., 1925, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE RANDSBURG QUADRANGLE, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU BULLETIN 95, 152 P.

  • Deposit

    TROXEL, B. W., MORTON, P. K., 1962, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF KERN COUNTY CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY COUNTY REPORT 1, 370 P.

  • Production

    HULIN, 1925

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit STRONGEST VEINS IN SYSTEM STRIKES N80E AND NW
Deposit Discovery Year: 1893-1894

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 17-JUL-1995 Sachiko Tanikawa U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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