The Kelsey Lady is a gold mine located in El Dorado county, California.
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Kelsey Lady MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Kelsey Lady
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: El Dorado
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Crabtree, A. D. O.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1915
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Production): ORIGINALLY WORKED PRIOR TO 1915. KELSEY MNG CO. FORMED IN 1926 AND MINE WAS REOPENED AND MILL ERECTED AND MINE WAS OPERATED UNTIL 1931. MINE REOPENED IN 1934, MILL WAS ALTERED, AND OPERATED UNTIL 1941. ORE MINED 1928-31 YIELDED FROM $1.80 TO $6.40 PER TON. ORE MINED LATER ON WAS EVEN LOWER IN VALUE.
Comment (Workings): MAIN 1700FT. DRIFT ADIT, ANOTHER 700FT. DRIFT ADIT ABT. 300FT. ABOVE MAIN ADIT. THESE ARE CONNECTED BY A RAISE. ALSO A 42FT. SHAFT NEAR MAIN ADIT PORTAL; MILL.
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT IS IN MARIPOSA SLATE ASSOCIATED WITH NARROW BANDS OF AMPHIBOLITE AND SERPENTINE. THE FORMATION ARE MUCH DISTURBED BY FAULTING.
References
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 52, NO. 4, PP. 418-19, 512, AND PL. 10; V. 34, P. 263, NO. 3, PL. II
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