The Kelly is a silver mine located in Kern county, California.
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Mine Info
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Kelly MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Kelly
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Kern
District: Randsburg
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Hydrothermal Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1893
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: L
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Epithermal vein, Sado
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoarchean
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoarchean
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Gold
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Iron
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1893-1894
Comment (Location): 1500 FT NORTHWEST OF CALIFORNIA RAND NO. 1 SHAFT
Comment (Deposit): STRONGEST VEINS IN SYSTEM STRIKES N80E AND NW
Comment (Geology): FLAT LYING SCHIST INTRUDED BY BATHOLITH OF QUARTZ MONZONITE (MESOZOIC ATOLIA) AND NUMEROUS MIOCENE RHYOLITE PIPES, DIKES AND SILLS.
Comment (Commodity): LOW AG CONTENT
Comment (Location): POORLY DEFINED ARE, CENTERED AROUND THE TOWN OF CALLHAN AND EXTENDS NORTH ALONG THE SCOTT RIVER
Comment (Geology): AREA CHARACTERIZED BY PALEOZOIC SHALES, SLATES, LIMESTONES, AND CALCAREOUS SANDSTONES THAT ARE INTRUDED BY SERPENTINE, GABBRO AND GRANODIORITE (KOSCHMANN, P. 81)
References
Reference (Deposit): TROXEL, B. W., MORTON, P. K., 1962, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF KERN COUNTY CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY COUNTY REPORT 1, 370 P.
Reference (Deposit): HULIN, C.D., 1925, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE RANDSBURG QUADRANGLE, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU BULLETIN 95, 152 P.
Reference (Production): HULIN, 1925
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