The Cinnabar Group is a mercury mine located in La Paz county, Arizona at an elevation of 1,401 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: 1,401 Feet (427 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 33.55722, -114.36306
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Cinnabar Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Cinnabar Group
Secondary: C.O. Carlson Claims
Secondary: Carlson Claims
Secondary: Colonial Mining Co.
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Gold
Location
State: Arizona
County: La Paz
District: La Cholla District
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
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: Unknown
Ownership
Owner Name: C. H. Coleman
Home Office: Yuma, Az.
Owner Name: Cinnabar Development Co.
Production
Year: 1960
Time Period: -1960
Material type: HG
Description: Cp_Grade: ^8 Lb/Ton
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1861
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: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ASSAYS SHOW 0.06 HG, 0.36 HG. ORE RAN 8 LB PER TON.
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Gold
Ore: Wulfenite
Ore: Metacinnabar
Gangue: Kaolin
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Siderite
Comments
Comment (Development): MINE SHUT DOWN IN 1914. WATER STANDS IN MINE (1927).
Comment (Commodity): HG PROBABLY IS DERIVED FROM MERCURIAL TETRAHEDRITE. ORE HAS BEEN LEACHED NEAR THE SURFACE.
Comment (Production): 1908 BETWEEN 100-140 FLASKS WERE PRODUCED.
Comment (Deposit): PARALLEL VEIN OCCURS FOR A FEW HUNDRED FT. RICHNESS OF ORE IS VARIABLE ALONG THE VEIN.
Comment (Workings): ONE 178 FT SHAFT. ONE 148 FT. SHAFT. 145 FT. OF DRIFTS. MAIN SHAFT 640 FT DEEP. SEVEN LEVELS. LOWEST LEVEL EXTENDS 400 FT. STOPES
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: PRECAMBRIAN SCHISTS AND GRANITE OVERLAIN AND INTRUDED BY TERTIARY VOLCANICS.
References
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E.H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES
Reference (Deposit): BANCROFT,H.,1911,ORE DEPOSITS IN NORTHERN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: USGS BULLETIN 451,P.82.
Reference (Production): USBM UNPUB DATA
Reference (Deposit): ARIZ. BUREAU MINES, 1927, BULL. 122.
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