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Cinnabar Group

Occurrence in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodities Mercury, Manganese
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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. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046391
MRDS ID M241540
Record type Site
Current site name Cinnabar Group
Alternate or previous names Kyle Group, Cinnabar, Cinnabar No.1, Tinledge Claims
Related records 10173932

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.48389, 37.3158 (WGS84)
Elevation 1021
Relative position ABOUT 0.4 MILE N 70 E FROM KYLE STATION ON THE U P R R, ABOUT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Leith(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Clover Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Meadow Valley Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

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

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 007S 067E 27 NW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 20 MILES S OF CALIENTE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)

Nearby scientific data

(1) Alluvium, undifferentiated
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1968
Discoverer James And Bill Bradshaw

Mining district

District name Viola District (Closest District)

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • 30 FT EXPLORATORY SHAFT; PIT SHOWN ON TOPO

Comments on development

  • EXPLORATION FAILED TO FIND MINABLE ORE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MERCURY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA, UNPUBLISHED NBMG MANUSCRIPT

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CINNABAR OCCURRED WITH MANGANESE MINERALS IN VEINLETS IN VOLCANIC ROCK

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1984 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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