The McKinney is a mine located in Imperial county, California at an elevation of 801 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
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McKinney MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: McKinney
Secondary: Ebony Group
Secondary: Tadpole
Secondary: Black Point
Secondary: Chocolate Drop Group
Secondary: Dixie Queen
Secondary: Alaskan
Secondary: Black Jack
Secondary: War Eagle
Secondary: Chipmunk
Secondary: Big Bear
Secondary: Chipmunk and Laskin
Secondary: Chocolate Drop Mine
Commodity
Tertiary: Barium-Barite
Tertiary: Calcium
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Manganese
Location
State: California
County: Imperial
District: Chuckawalla
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
Type: Federal Lease
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: U.S. Bureau Of Land Management
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1976
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1917
Discovery Year: 1916
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Calcite
Unknown: Fluorite
Unknown: Limonite
Unknown: Psilomelane
Unknown: Barite
Comments
Not available
References
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. DIV. MINES COUNTY REPORT 7. 1977, P. 73.
Reference (Deposit): ALSO IN N 1/2 SEC. 18.
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. STATE MINING BUR. BULLETIN 76, 1918, P. 34-35.
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. STATE MINING BUR. REPORT, V. 38, 1926, P. 264-265.
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 38, 1942, P. 128-129.
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. DIV. MINES BULLETIN 125, 1943, P. 118.
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOL BULLETIN 152, 1950, P. 74-76.
Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES RI 5579, 1960, P. 33.
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