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McKinnen Claims

The McKinnen Claims is a gold mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,040 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

Name: McKinnen Claims

State:  Nevada

County:  Nye

Elevation: 6,040 Feet (1,841 Meters)

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 38.5464, -117.16940

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McKinnen Claims MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: McKinnen Claims
Secondary: Manhattan Gulch Delta Placer Deposi
Secondary: Manhattan Gulch Placer
Secondary: Mcdonald Claims
Secondary: McKinnon Claims
Secondary: Russell Claims
Secondary: Baldy
Secondary: Colorado
Secondary: Nelson Shaft

Commodity

Primary: Gold

Location

State: Nevada
County: Nye

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: Located Claim

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Gibbons And Reed Co.
Company ID: 2601562
Info Year: 1980

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Placer
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

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Comments

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References

Reference (Deposit): OF MANHATTAN DISTRICT (FERGUSON 1924).

Reference (Deposit): JONES, 1909: REVIEWS GEOLOGY OF DISTRICT; DESCRIBES EARLY

Reference (Deposit): PLACER MINING ACTIVITY, LITHOLOGY, THICKNESS, AND VALUE

Reference (Deposit): OF PLACER GRAVELS; MINING OPERATIONS OF 1909; INCLUDES

Reference (Deposit): CLAIMS MAPS OF PLACER AREAS; AVERAGE VALUE OF GROUND

Reference (Deposit): REPORTED TO BE $10 PER CUBIC YARD.

Reference (Deposit): KRAL, 1951: DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF HISTORY, GEOLOGY, LODE

Reference (Deposit): AND PLACER MINES OF THE DISTRICT; MUCH INFORMATION TAKEN

Reference (Deposit): FROM EARLIER WRITERS. ADDS INFORMATION OF PRODUCTION OF

Reference (Deposit): PLACERS TO 1949, HISTORY OF LARGE-SCALE OPERATIONS DURING

Reference (Deposit): RANGE, NEVADA, ADMINISTERED AS TOIYABE NATIONAL FOREST.

Reference (Deposit): FERGUSON, H.G., U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 640, 1916.

Reference (Deposit): MINING ENGINEERING, VOL. 26, NO. 3, MARCH 1974, P. 22.

Reference (Deposit): U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY WATER SUPPLY PAPER #423.

Reference (Deposit): VANDERBURG, W.O., UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA BULLETIN VO. XXX,

Reference (Deposit): NO. 4.

Reference (Deposit): FINENESS OF PLACER GOLD; ACCESSORY MINERALS.

Reference (Deposit): FERGUSON, 1924: BRIEF ACCOUNT OF PLACER OCCURRENCES

Reference (Deposit): SUMMARIZED FROM BULLETIN 640-J (1917), INCLUDING MAPS,

Reference (Deposit): DISTRIBUTION OF GOLD, CHARACTER OF GOLD, STREAM STUDIES,

Reference (Deposit): RELATING TO SIZE DISTRIBUTION OF GOLD.

Reference (Deposit): BIAGBROUGH, JOHN W., PRIVATE REPORT, 1960.

Reference (Deposit): FERGUSON AND CATHCART, 1954: TEXT SUMMARIZES EARLIER STUDY

Reference (Deposit): ZINKL, ANDREW J., PRIVATE REPORT, NOVEMBER 1961.

Reference (Deposit): PLACER GOLD DEPOSITS OF NEVADA BY MAUREEN G. JOHNSON,

Reference (Deposit): GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1356.

Reference (Deposit): CLARK, 1946: DESCRIBED TECHNIQUES OF PLACER MINING USED

Reference (Deposit): DURING LARGE-SCALE OPERATIONS; DESCRIBED DREDGE, WATER

Reference (Deposit): SUPPLY, RECOVERY METHODS; INDICATES EXTENT OF GROUND

Reference (Deposit): WORKED.

Reference (Deposit): FERGUSON, 1917: DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF PLACERS; INCLUDES

Reference (Deposit): HISTORY, PRODUCTION, MINING OPERATIONS; DISCUSSED

Reference (Deposit): DEVELOPMENT OF PRESENT TOPOGRAPHY, DISTRIBUTION OF GOLD

Reference (Deposit): IN OLD GRAVELS, DEEP GRAVELS, AND RECENT WASH; SIZE AND

Reference (Deposit): REPORT. FEBRUARUY 1978.

Reference (Deposit): ROMANOWITZ, C.M., H.J. BENNETT, AND W.L. DARE. GOLD PLACER

Reference (Deposit): MINING. PLACER EVALUATION AND DREDGE SELECTION. U.S.

Reference (Deposit): BUREAU OF MINES IC 8462, 1970, P. 56.

Reference (Deposit): FERGUSON, 1923, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 723,

Reference (Deposit): DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF PLACERS, TOPOGRAPHY AND GEOLOGY.

Reference (Deposit): TECHNIQUES AND METHODS TO 1935; PLACER SAMPLING BY

Reference (Deposit): OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 27. (PREVIOUSLY ISSUED AS

Reference (Deposit): UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA BULLETIN VOL. 30, NO. 4, MAY 15,

Reference (Deposit): 1936.), PP. 178.

Reference (Deposit): ZINKL, A.J., "MANHATTAN PLACER." HERCULES MINING COMPANY

Reference (Deposit): PRIVATE REPORT, 23 NOVEMBER 1961.

Reference (Deposit): KOSCHMANN, A.H., AND BRGENDAHL, M.H., "PRINCIPAL GOLD-

Reference (Deposit): PRODUCING DISTRICTS OF THE UNITED STATES." GEOLOGICAL

Reference (Deposit): SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 610, 1968, PP. 283.

Reference (Deposit): PAHER, W.S., "NEVADA GHOST TOWNS AND MINING CAMPS." HOWELL

Reference (Deposit): NORTH BOOKS, BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA, 1970, PP. 492.

Reference (Deposit): OVERBURDEN; TOTAL DEPTH OF DREDGEABLE GROUND; DETAILS OF

Reference (Deposit): STRIPPING BENCHES THAT DREDGE CANNOT REACH; DISTRIBUTION

Reference (Deposit): DISTRICT, NEVADA." U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 723,

Reference (Deposit): 1924, P. 117-133.

Reference (Deposit): VANDERBURG, W.O., "PLACER MINING IN NEVADA," NEVADA BUREAU

Reference (Deposit): NATOMAS COMPANY DESCRIBED.

Reference (Deposit): STONEHAM, W.J., "MANHATTAN PLACERS, NEVADA." MINING AND

Reference (Deposit): ENGINEERING WORLD, 5 AUGUST 1911, PP. 242.

Reference (Deposit): TOLL, R.H., "PRESENT ASPECT TO THE MANHATTAN DISTRICT,

Reference (Deposit): NEVADA." MINING AND ENGINEERING WORLD, 30 SEPTEMBER 1911,

Reference (Deposit): P. 639-640.

Reference (Deposit): FERGUSON, H.G., "GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE MANHATTAN

Reference (Deposit): THE PERIOD 1938-46 AND SUBSEQUENT SMALL SCALE OPERATIONS

Reference (Deposit): TO 1949.

Reference (Deposit): MINING WORLD, 1941B: DETAILS OF DREDGE AND STRIPPING

Reference (Deposit): MARTIN, 1912: PRODUCTION FOR 1911; DEPTH AND VALUE OF

Reference (Deposit): PLACER GRAVELS; PLACER MINING TECHNIQUES (PAPER SIMILAR

Reference (Deposit): TO TOLL, 1911).

Reference (Deposit): MINING WORLD, 1941B: DETAILS OF DREDGE AND STRIPPING

Reference (Deposit): OPERATIONS IN MANHATTAN GULCH; DEPTH OF BARREN

Reference (Deposit): OF GOLD-BEARING GRAVEL; SIZE OF GRAVEL; SIZE OF GOLD.

Reference (Deposit): U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1969: RELATION OF MINERAL DEPOSITS

Reference (Deposit): TO FAULTS AND AGE OF MINERALIZATION.

Reference (Deposit): VANDERBURG, 1936A: HISTORY AND PRODUCTION OF DISTRICT;

Reference (Deposit): EXTENT OF PLACERS; SIZE OF NUGGETS FOUND; PLACER MINING

Reference (Deposit): OPERATIONS, DEPTH OF OVERBURDEN, BENCH STRIPPING.

Reference (Deposit): REPORT BY JOHN W. BLAGBROUGH, 1960, GEOLOGIC REPORT ON THE

Reference (Deposit): MCKINNON PLACER CLAIMS, MANHATTAN MINING DISTRICT, NYE

Reference (Deposit): COUNTY, NEVADA.

Reference (Deposit): MINING WORLD, 1962A, VOL. 24, NO. 2, WHITE CAPS MINING

Reference (Deposit): CO., 1960, SAMPLING PROGRAM.

Reference (Deposit): REPORT BY HOWARD G. SCHOENIKE ASSOCIATES, APRIL 13, 1982,

Reference (Deposit): AND MAY 28, 1981, ON MCKINNON CLAIMS.

Reference (Deposit): REPORT BY INTERNATIONAL MINING CONSULTS, INC., AUGUST 7,

Reference (Deposit): 1981, PRELIMINARY FEASIBILITY REPORT, MANHATTAN PROJECT,

Reference (Deposit): NEY COUNTY, NEVADA, FOR T.R. MINING & MINERALS, INC.

Reference (Deposit): DREDGE PROGRESS MAPS 1938 TO 1942 AND 1946 DRILLINGS FOUND

Reference (Deposit): IN TONOPAH, NEVADA, 1987.

Reference (Deposit): AREAS OF DEVELOPMENT INTEREST IN THAT PART OF THE TOQUIMA

Reference (Deposit): DE VOTO, R.H. AND FROST, C.J., "PLASER GOLD EVALUATION OF

Reference (Deposit): FOUR ALLUVIAL FANS IN NEVADA." EARTH SCIENCE, INC.

Reference (Deposit): STATE ENGINEER'S OFFICE, NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY

Reference (Deposit): AND MACKAY SCHOOL OF MINES. "WATER FOR NEVADA." FORECASTS

Reference (Deposit): FOR THE FUTURE - MINING, JANUARY 1973, P. 64-71.

Reference (Deposit): PRICE, L.C.F., "MANHATTAN GOLD PLACER PROPERTY." EARTH

Reference (Deposit): SCIENCE INC. PRIVATE REPORT, 9 MAY 1974, PP. 14.

Reference (Deposit): PRICE, L.C.F., "MANHATTAN GOLD PLACER." EARTH SCIENCE INC.

Reference (Deposit): PRIVATE REPORT, JULY 26, 1974. PP. 20.

Reference (Deposit): UNO, "GREAT MANHATTAN GOLD. CORPORATION GOLD PROPERTY."

Reference (Deposit): PRIVATE REPORT, 26 JULY 1974, PP. 17.

Nevada Gold

Gold Districts of Nevada

Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.