The Kennebec Claim is a mine located in Park county, Montana at an elevation of 8,501 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: 8,501 Feet (2,591 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 45.04778, -110.59528
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Kennebec Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Kennebec Claim
Commodity
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Arsenic
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Montana
County: Park
District: Crevasse (Crevice)
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Middle Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Absaroka Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENSES
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATED BETWEEN SEC. 14 AND 15.
Comment (Workings): 360 FT ADIT, 2 70-FT DRIFTS.
Comment (Geology): THE PARALLELISM OF THE MINERALIZATION IS CONTROLLED BY THE PARALLELISM OF THE STRUCTURE OF THE ENCLOSING SCHIST. ; GEOL.DESC: 1-5 FT. LODE OF GARNETIFEROUS AND CHLORITIC BIOTITE SCHIST.
References
Reference (Deposit): SEAGER, G, 1944, GOLD, ARSENIC, AND TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF THE JARDINE-CREVASS MTN. DIST., PARK, CO., MONT., MONT. BUR OF MINES AND GEOL., MEM 23, P. 106.
Reference (Deposit): 1975 GEOCHEM WEDOW, BULL 1391-B
Reference (Deposit): WEDOW, H, ET AL, 1975, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE ABSANOKA PRIM AREA AND VICINITY, PARK AND SWEETGRASS CO, MONT, USGS BULL 1391-B, P. 82, 37
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 05-21-1963
Reference (Deposit): 1944 COMPILE MBMG. MEM 23
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.
