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McKinnan Gulch

Occurrence in Marin county in California, United States with commodities Copper, Lead
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10030794
MRDS ID M009210
Record type Site
Current site name McKinnan Gulch
Related records 10163677

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.66828, 37.94657 (WGS84)
Relative position ON BOLINAS RIDGE AT HEAD OF MCKINNAN GULCH. DEPOSIT IS 100 YARDS WEST OF BOLINAS RIDGE ROAD - LOCATED ABOUT 2 MILES DUE NORTH OF STINSON BEACH (USGS QUAD. BOLINAS, CALIF.)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Marin(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bolinas(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Francisco(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Francisco(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Tomales-Drake Bays(hydrologic unit)

San Francisco Bay(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Francisco Bay(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Marin

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 001N 007W 21 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Calcite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.66828, 37.94657
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • PROBABLY PROSPECTED IN THE 1930'S

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUT AND TUNNEL, PROBABLY IN 1930'S

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PLANCK, WM. E. VER., 1955 ; MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF MARIN COUNTY, CA.; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 51 , NO. 3 , P. 279

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1979 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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