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The Cina Mine

Producer in Iron county in Utah, United States with commodities Sulfur, Mercury
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  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 10011013
MRDS ID D005141
Record type Site
Current site name The Cina Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.55525, 38.14607 (WGS84)
Elevation 2048
Relative position 4600 FT DUE EAST OF SAGE WELL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Iron(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

The Tetons(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wah Wah Mountains South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Escalante Desert(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management UT)

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

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Iron

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 031S 015W 05 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SE 1/4 NE 1/4 SW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sulfur Primary
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Sulfur Ore
Calcite Gangue
Gypsum Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Highly Bleached

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.55525, 38.14607
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin & Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Nw Trending Faults Of The Wah-Wah Mtns

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR/TABULAR, PINCH & SWELL
    Strike N 40 E
    Dip 35 DEG NW
    Plunge 21 DEG NE
    Thickness 3.05M
    Length 304.8M
    Width 182.88M
    Depth to top 3.05M
    Depth to bottom 60.96M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone (Ne Trending)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Pine Grove

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 0.841HA
    Overall length 487.68M
    Overall width 182.88M

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE ADIT & SEVERAL PITS & DOZER CUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EVERTS, M.L., 1979, UT. GEOL. & MINERAL SURVEY: ON-SITE INVESTIGATION

  • Production

    EVERTS, M.L., 1979, GEOLOGIST

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SOME RECENT ACTIVITY NOTED BY NEW DOZER CUTS ETC. & A SMALL STOCK PILE OF SULPHUR ORE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1979 Everts, Michael L. Bureau of Land Management

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

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