The McKinney and Crannis is a gold mine located in Amador county, California.
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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
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McKinney and Crannis MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: McKinney and Crannis
Secondary: Crannis
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Arsenic
Location
State: California
County: Amador
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: Mrs. Elsie A. Mckinney
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: GREENSTONE FORMS EAST WALL
Comment (Deposit): SUTTER CREEK QUAD 1962 SHOWS 2 UNIDENTIFIED PROSPECTS IN NW 1/4 - N BANK OF MOKELUMNE RIVER - POSSIBLY OR OTHER LOC. COEDED FOR THIS SEC.
Comment (Location): W 1/2 SEC 10 , 15
Comment (Workings): ADIT 200 FT.
Comment (Commodity): NUGGETS OF PURE GOLD FOUND IN SLATE
References
Reference (Deposit): CARLSON, D.W. AND CLARK, W.B., 1954 , MINES AND MIN. RES. OF AMADOR COUNTY, CAL.: CJMG VOL. 50 , P. 251
Reference (Deposit): IRELAN, WM. JR., 1890 , TENTH REPT. OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CMB REPT. 10 , P. 106
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