The Silverado - Kentuck is a silver mine located in Mono county, California at an elevation of 9,921 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 9,921 Feet (3,024 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 38.43667, -119.26667
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Silverado - Kentuck MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Silverado - Kentuck
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Location
State: California
County: Mono
District: Patterson
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENTICULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SMELTER ASSAYS DATED 1911 SHOWED: SORTED ORE, 0.29 OZ AU, 241.01 OZ. AG. CON., 0.47 OZ. AU, 1484.18 OZ. AG.
Materials
Ore: Cerargyrite
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Magnetite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Commodity): HIGH-GRADE ORE SAID TO AVG. 16 OZ AG/TON. LENTICULAR MASS OF ORE NEAR FOOTWALL RETURNED $200 - $600/TON
Comment (Location): UTM ACC. SE 1/4 NW 1/4 30
Comment (Production): KENTUCK MINE REPORTED TO HAVE PRODUCED UP TO $500,000 THROUGH 1884 . CLAIMS SHUT DOWN IN 1938 . NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND
Comment (Deposit): VEIN, AVG. 4 FT. THICK
Comment (Workings): DEVELOPED ON 4 LEVELS BY 14,000 FT. OF ADITS, TUNNELS, DRIFTS AND CROSSCUTS
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: RICH LENSES OF DARK BLUE ORE OCCUR WHERE SERIES OF PARALLEL NSSW FAULTS CUT VEIN. FAULTS DO NOT DISPLACE VEIN TO ANY EXTENT.
Comment (Deposit): COMPRISES 15 CLAIMS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W. B. AND SAMPSON, R. J., 1940 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF MONO COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 36 , NO. 2 , P. 145 , PL. 1 .
Reference (Deposit): GOODWIN, J. G., 1957 , LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 53 , NOS. 3 & 4 , P. 567 .
Reference (Production): GOODWIN ( 1957 )
Reference (Deposit): EAKLE, A. S. AND MCLAUGHLIN, R. P., 1917 , MONO COUNTY: REPORT 15 OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 165 - 166 .
Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W. B., 1927 , MONO COUNTY: REPORT 23 OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST; CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 398 .
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