The The Cina Mine is a sulfur and mercury mine located in Iron county, Utah at an elevation of 6,719 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 6,719 Feet (2,048 Meters)
Commodity: Sulfur, Mercury
Lat, Long: 38.14611, -113.55444
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The Cina Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: The Cina Mine
Commodity
Primary: Sulfur
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: Utah
County: Iron
District: Pine Grove
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Wah-Wah Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR/TABULAR, PINCH & SWELL
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin & Range
Type: L
Description: Nw Trending Faults Of The Wah-Wah Mtns
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Highly Bleached
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Ore: Sulfur
Gangue: Gypsum
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Workings): ONE ADIT & SEVERAL PITS & DOZER CUTS
Comment (Deposit): SOME RECENT ACTIVITY NOTED BY NEW DOZER CUTS ETC. & A SMALL STOCK PILE OF SULPHUR ORE
Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SE 1/4 NE 1/4 SW 1/4
References
Reference (Production): EVERTS, M.L., 1979, GEOLOGIST
Reference (Deposit): EVERTS, M.L., 1979, UT. GEOL. & MINERAL SURVEY: ON-SITE INVESTIGATION
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