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Cinnabar Mine

Past Producer in La Paz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Mercury, Molybdenum, Silver
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10137841
MRDS ID M055134
MAS/MILS ID 0040120141
Record type Site
Current site name Cinnabar Mine
Related records 10040385

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -114.32159, 33.53646 (WGS84)
Elevation 427
Location accuracy 100(meters)

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)

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 002 N 020 W 09 NE Arizona

Commodities

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

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -114.32159, 33.53646
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Military Reservation

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Colonial Mining Co
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Cinnabar Development Co

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH S B 1978 ARIZ BUR GEOL AND MIN TECH BULL 192 P 156

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-NOV-83 ADMR U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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Authoritative Arizona resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.