Kelly

Kelly is a past producer of silver, gold in Kern County, California, in USGS's large output class. USGS gives a discovery year of 1893. It is one of 534 historic gold producers USGS lists in Kern County, and number 1 when they are sorted by output class.

Facts

USGS status
Past producer
Output class
large (USGS class)
Commodities
Silver, Gold
Deposit type
Epithermal vein, Sado
Discovered
1893
County
Kern County
State
California
Land status (BLM data)
Land status not determined in the BLM dataset
USGS record
10048785

Source: USGS Mineral Resources Data System (retrieved 2026-10-13). The database was last updated around 2011, positions can be approximate, and "producer" does not mean a mine is operating today. "Output class" is a code whose meaning changed over the years, so compare sites inside this data and do not read it as tonnage.

Land status comes from the BLM Surface Management Agency dataset and can be out of date. Check ownership before you go near any mine site.

Gold sites nearby

185 other USGS gold sites within 12 miles. The Kern County page lists the biggest.