The Morse and Kennedy Mine is a copper mine located in Missoula county, Montana at an elevation of 4,649 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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: 4,649 Feet (1,417 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 46.88278, -113.35139
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Morse and Kennedy Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Morse and Kennedy Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Montana
County: Missoula
District: Elk Creek District
Land Status
Land ownership: State 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
Deposit Type: Contact Metasomatic
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Garnet Range
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Bearmouth Overthrust
Type: L
Description: Garnet Stock
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Specularite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Production): SMALL ORE SHIPMENT WAS SENT
Comment (Workings): OPEN CUT AT CONTACT OF GRANODIORITE AND LIMESTONE, 50 FEET LOWER IS AN ADIT (200 FT) THROUGH GRANODIORITE INTO LIMESTONE
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1965)
References
Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 8, P. 25-6.
Reference (Production): USGS BULL 660
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 660, P. 230-1.
Principal Gold Districts of Montana
In Montana, 54 mining districts have each have produced more than 10,000 ounces of gold. The largest producers are Butte, Helena, Marysville, and Virginia City, each having produced more than one million ounces. Twenty seven other districts are each credited with between 100,000 and one million ounces of gold production. Read more: Principal Gold Districts of Montana.
