The Mary McKinney is a gold mine located in Teller county, Colorado at an elevation of 9,600 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: 9,600 Feet (2,926 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 38.7286, -105.16280
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Mary McKinney MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mary McKinney
Secondary: Le Clair Mines
Secondary: Anaconda Tunnel
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Colorado
County: Teller
District: Cripple Creek 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
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Ownership
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Production
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Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Alkaline Au-Te (Au-Ag-Te veins)
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Calaverite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Gangue: Dolomite
Gangue: Fluorite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Roscoelite
Comments
Comment (Location): About 1 mi SE of Cripple Creek, in Squaw Gulch near the old mining camp of Anaconda, in the SW/4 sec. 19, T 15 S, R 69 W. Property is within or adjacent to current Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mining Co. project area.
References
Reference (Deposit): Koschmann, A. H., 1949, Structural control of the gold deposits of the Cripple Creek district, Teller County, Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 955-B, p. 19-60.
Reference (Deposit): Sunshine Mining Co. Colorado exploration files, unpublished data, Colorado Geological Survey.
Reference (Deposit): OWN: MARY MCKINNEY MINING; AFTER 1929, LE CLAIR CONS. MINES
Reference (Deposit): Lindgren, W., and Ransome, F. L., 1906, Geology and gold deposits of the Cripple Creek district, Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 54, 516 p.
Reference (Deposit): Loughlin, G. F., and Koschmann, A. H., 1935, Geology and ore deposits of the Cripple Creek district, Colorado: Colorado Scientific Society Proceedings, v. 13, no. 6, p. 217-435.
Reference (Deposit): MINE MAP REPO #400213, 400214, 407010 & OTHERS
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