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McKinney and Crannis

Prospect in Amador county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Arsenic
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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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10028204
MRDS ID M005059
Record type Site
Current site name McKinney and Crannis
Alternate or previous names Crannis
Related records 10187172

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.75573, 38.29324 (WGS84)
Relative position 1/4 MILE N OF MOKELUMNE RIVER ON THE MOTHER LODE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Amador(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jackson(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Andreas(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Mokelumne(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Amador

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 005N 011E 10,15 California

Comments on the location information

  • W 1/2 SEC 10 , 15

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • NUGGETS OF PURE GOLD FOUND IN SLATE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.75573, 38.29324
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1.52M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: GREENSTONE FORMS EAST WALL

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Mrs. Elsie A. Mckinney

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT 200 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CARLSON, D.W. AND CLARK, W.B., 1954 , MINES AND MIN. RES. OF AMADOR COUNTY, CAL.: CJMG VOL. 50 , P. 251

  • Deposit

    IRELAN, WM. JR., 1890 , TENTH REPT. OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CMB REPT. 10 , P. 106

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SUTTER CREEK QUAD 1962 SHOWS 2 UNIDENTIFIED PROSPECTS IN NW 1/4 - N BANK OF MOKELUMNE RIVER - POSSIBLY OR OTHER LOC. COEDED FOR THIS SEC.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1978 Tatkin, T.; Albers, J. U.S. Geological Survey

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