The Kennedy Creek Placer Mine is a gold mine located in Missoula county, Montana at an elevation of 3,199 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: 3,199 Feet (975 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 47.11194, -114.49389
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Kennedy Creek Placer Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Kennedy Creek Placer Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Montana
County: Missoula
District: Nine Mile District
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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Kennedy Creek Gold Mining Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1880
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Nine Mile Divide
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: BEDROCK ESTIMATED TO CONTAIN $4 PER YARD IN AU
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Production): MINE HAD BEEN PRODUCING ON A SMALL SCALE IN THE 1900'S. SMALL SCALE OPERATIONS HAVE BEEN PRODUCING INTERMITTENTLY SINCE THAT TIME.
Comment (Deposit): GOLD IS CONTAINED WITHIN THE GROUND MORRAINE OR TILL THAT FLOORS THE BASIN; THIS MATERIAL IS SEEMINGLY GOLD BEARING THROUGHOUT; PIECES ARE USUALLY FLATTENED BUT ROUGH AND IRREGULAR IN SHAPE AND MANY PIECES HAVE QUARTZ ADHERING TO OR EMBEDDED IN THEM, DENOTING THAT THE METAL IS OF COMPARATIVELY LOCAL DERIVATION.
Comment (Workings): AROUND 1910 A DREDGE WAS OPERATED FOR A FEW WEEKS BUT IT WAS ABANDONED TO DUE THE DIFFICULTIES INVOLVED IN MINING.
Comment (Geology): SOURCE OF CONGLOMERATE MATERIAL WAS EVIDENTLY FROM THE UPLAND AND MOUNTAINS TO THE NE WHENCE IT WAS SCOURED OFF THE SURFACE BY GLACIATION.
Comment (Location): NEAR STARK, MONT.
Comment (Deposit): OWING TO THE EXTREME INDURATION OF THE MATERIAL AND THE STICKINESS OF THE MATRIX, DIFFICULTIES ARE ENCOUNTERED IN EXTRACTING THE AU. THIS PROBLEM ALTHOUGH COMMON THROUGHOUT THE NINE MILE DISTRICT IS MOST TROUBLESOME ALONG KENNEDY CREEK. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Reserve-Resource): AREA IN 1910 WAS ESTIMATED TO CONTAIN AT LEAST $5,500,000 IN AU.
References
Reference (Analytical Data): SRC.REF: SCHRADER, F. C., 1911 : US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 470 , PP. 66 .
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F. C., 1911 , GOLD-BEARING GROUND MORRAINE IN NORTHWESTERN MONTANA: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 470, PP. 63-69 .
Reference (Deposit): LYNDEN, C. J., 1948 , THE GOLD PLACERS OF MONTANA: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY MEM. 26 , PP. 106 - 107 .
Reference (Production): SCHRADER, F. C., 1911 : US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 470 , P. 69 .
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.
