The Kelley Mine is a gold mine located in Trinity county, California at an elevation of 3,734 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 3,734 Feet (1,138 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 40.53278, -123.13444
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Kelley Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Kelley Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Arsenic
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: California
County: Trinity
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
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Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1932
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: Klamath Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SOME OF ORE STATED TO CONTAIN $1000/TON IN GOLD. CON. ASSAY $600-$800/TON. FINAL TAILING ASSAYED $32-$40/TON AND WAS BEING SAVED FOR FURTHER TREATMENT.
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Gold
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Commodity): GOLD OCCURED IN FREE STATE
Comment (Production): IN 1939, OWNER EXTRACTED 11 TONS OF ORE FROM 30 FT. DRIFT, WHICH YIELDED CHUNK OF RETORTED AMALGAN WEIGHING 130 OZ. SAMPLING WAS PLANNED TO DETERMINE WHETHER DIKE WOULD YIELD COMMERCIAL GRADE OF ORE. NO SPECIFIC PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND.
Comment (Deposit): FLAT QUARTZ STRINGERS; ZONES ARE FEW INCHES TO 7 FT. IN THICKNESS, IN DIKE. RICH ORE-BEARING VEIN, 6 IN-2 FT. THICK. GOLD-BEARING SULFIDES OCCUR IN DIKE AT A DISTANCE FROM QTZ. STRINGERS
Comment (Workings): MAIN ADIT LEVEL FOLLOWS DIKE FOR 600 FT. RAISE DRIVEN TO LEVEL ABOVE. 30 FT. DRIFT ON RICH ORE-BEARING VEIN AT AN ALTITUDE OF 30 FT. ABOVE MAIN LEVEL. SECOND LEVEL, 80 FT. HIGHER, DRIFT ON DIKE FOR 185 FT. IN SOUTHERLY DIRECTION. INCLUDES 60 FT. WINZE DRIVEN 20 DEGREES DOWN. 60 FT. RAISE TO SURFACE WITH STOPING.
Comment (Geology): DIKE ROCK IS DESCRIBED AS VERY FINE-GRAINED, LIGHT GRAY TO DARK GRAY IN COLOR, AND WITHOUT VISABLE, ORIGINAL QUARTZ. DIKE DIPS STEEPLY AND IS ROUGHLY 20 FT. THICK. IT INTRUDES A SERIES OF CHERTS AND SLATES OF NEARLY VERTICAL DIP.
Comment (Deposit): 11 UNPATENTED CLAIMS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Production): AVERILL (1941)
Reference (Deposit): AVERILL, C.V., 1941, MINERAL RESOURCES OF TRINITY COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 37, NO. 1, P. 42-43
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