Mary McKinney

The Mary McKinney is a gold mine located in Teller county, Colorado at an elevation of 9,600 feet.

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Mine Info

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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

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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

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Structure

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Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

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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Reference (Deposit): Sunshine Mining Co. Colorado exploration files, unpublished data, Colorado Geological Survey.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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