The Kennedy is a gold mine located in Amador county, California at an elevation of 1,499 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 1,499 Feet (457 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 38.36722, -120.77917
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Kennedy MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Kennedy
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Location
State: California
County: Amador
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Mark And Frances Eudey
Years: 1953 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1856
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: L
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Commodity): GOLD IN QUARTZ WITH AURIFEROUS PYRITE, MINOR GALENA.
Comment (Location): SW 1/4 SW 1/4 SEC. 16
Comment (Production): OPERATIONS SHUT DOWN TWICE DUE TO FIRE AND FINALLY DUE TO GOVERNMENT ORDER DURING WWII. PRODUCED ABOUT 500 LBS. OF LEAD FROM CONCENTRATE.
Comment (Workings): VERTICAL SHAFT 4764 FT WITH INCLINED WINZE TO 5912 FT LEVEL; OVER 50 MILES OF UNDERGROUND WORKINGS MINE LOCATED 1860
Comment (Deposit): ADD. REF. NO.4. INCLUDES, BESIDES THE ORIGINAL KENNEDY CLAIM, THE BELLWETHER, CLYDE, NORTH CLYDE, NORTH CLYDE PLACER, AND SILVA QUARTZ CLAIMS AND OTHER LAND, A TOTAL OF 156 ACRES. (DOM BULL. 108, P. 85). IN 1957, A CLEANUP AT THE MINE, IDLE AT THE TIME, RESULTED IN SOME RECOVERABLE GOLD AND SILVER. - US BUR MINES MIN. YEARBOOK, 1957, V. 3, P. 213. UNPUB MAP FOR CONS. DIV. SHOWS UNIDENTIFIED LOC. NORTH OF COMMON QUARTER COR. SECS. 16, 17 - PROB.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: VEIN 2 TO 40 FT EXPOSED IN META-ANDESITE BUT PASSES INTO A NARROW BELT OF BLACK SLATE BELOW THE SURFACE. ORE SHOOTS CONTAIN MOST OF THE HIGHER GRADE ORE. GREENSTONE HANGING WALL, SLATE FOOTWALL.
References
Reference (Deposit): CARLSON, D.W. AND CLARK, W.B., 1954 , MINES AND MIN. RES. OF AMADOR COUNTY, CAL: CJMG VOL. 50 , P. 182
Reference (Deposit): IRELAN, WM. JR., 1888 , EIGHTH REPT. OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CMB REPT. 8 , P. 66 - 71
Reference (Deposit): STORM, E.M., THE MOTHER LODE REGION OF CAL: CMB BULL. 18 , P. 52 - 54
Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W.B., 1914 , AMADOR COUNTY: CMB REPT. 14 , P. 31 - 34
Reference (Production): CARLSON, D.W. AND CLARK, W.B., 1954
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