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Cina-Mine

Occurrence in Iron county in Utah, United States with commodities Mercury, Sulfur
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040411
MRDS ID M055175
Record type Site
Current site name Cina-Mine
Alternate or previous names Marietta Prospect, Stratton Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Centroid
Geographic coordinates: -113.28768, 37.85074 (WGS84)
Relative position Original record had no coordinates, so this was plotted to the middle of the state/county area.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Iron(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Avon SE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cedar City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cedar City(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Iron

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary
Sulfur Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

Centroid (1) -113.28768, 37.85074
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Normal Fault. Tuff Faulted Down To Underlying Dolomite

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: CINNABAR DISSEMINATED IN OPALIZED SEAMS IN TUFF ALONG WITH PODS OF NATIVE SULFUR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years LATE 1950'S EARLY 1960'S

Mining district

District name Gold Springs District

Comments on the production information

  • PROBABLY PRODUCTION. NOT CERTAIN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE U.S., 1914, PL. 1, P. 329

  • Deposit

    U.S. 88TH CONGR. 2ND SESS., 1964, COMM. INTERIOR AND INSULAR AFFAIRS., COMM. PRINT 26-976

  • Deposit

    BAILEY, E.H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES.

  • Production

    BAILEY, E.H., PERSONAL FILES, USGS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-73 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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