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Cinnabar Group

Past Producer in La Paz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Mercury, Copper, Lead, Molybdenum, Gold
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Production statistics
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040385
MRDS ID M055134
Record type Site
Current site name Cinnabar Group
Alternate or previous names C.O. Carlson Claims, Carlson Claims, Colonial Mining Co.
Related records 10137841

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.36385, 33.55728 (WGS84)
Elevation 427
Relative position IN DOME ROCK MOUNTAINS 8 MI SW QUARTZSITE, ARIZ.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

La Paz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cunningham Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Blythe(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salton Sea(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Imperial Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)

Bureau of Land Management AZ BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona La Paz

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 003N 020W 31 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary
Copper Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • HG PROBABLY IS DERIVED FROM MERCURIAL TETRAHEDRITE. ORE HAS BEEN LEACHED NEAR THE SURFACE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysocolla Ore
Cinnabar Ore
Gold Ore
Malachite Ore
Metacinnabar Ore
Wulfenite Ore
Hematite Gangue
Kaolin Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS SHOW 0.06 HG, 0.36 HG. ORE RAN 8 LB PER TON.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) Jurassic volcanic rocks
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 53 W
    Dip 90
    Length 1219.2M
    Width 1.52M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault In Schist. Ore Is In Zone Of Brecciated Quartz.

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: PRECAMBRIAN SCHISTS AND GRANITE OVERLAIN AND INTRUDED BY TERTIARY VOLCANICS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1861

Mining district

District name La Cholla District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Cinnabar Development Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner C. H. Coleman
    Home office Yuma, Az.

Production statistics

  • Year 1960
    Period -1960
    Material HG
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^8 Lb/Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Mercury Mercury 3614g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • 1908 BETWEEN 100-140 FLASKS WERE PRODUCED.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Overall depth 195.07M

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE 178 FT SHAFT. ONE 148 FT. SHAFT. 145 FT. OF DRIFTS. MAIN SHAFT 640 FT DEEP. SEVEN LEVELS. LOWEST LEVEL EXTENDS 400 FT. STOPES

Comments on development

  • MINE SHUT DOWN IN 1914. WATER STANDS IN MINE (1927).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ARIZ. BUREAU MINES, 1927, BULL. 122.

  • Deposit

    BAILEY, E.H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES

  • Deposit

    BANCROFT,H.,1911,ORE DEPOSITS IN NORTHERN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: USGS BULLETIN 451,P.82.

  • Production

    USBM UNPUB DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PARALLEL VEIN OCCURS FOR A FEW HUNDRED FT. RICHNESS OF ORE IS VARIABLE ALONG THE VEIN.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1973 Bergquist, Joel R. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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