Mine detail: The Cina Mine

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Location: Iron County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.14607, -113.55525
dep_id: 10010607
mrds_id: D004414
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Sulfur, Mercury
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Cinnabar, Sulfur
gangue: Calcite, Chalcedony, Gypsum
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR/TABULAR, PINCH & SWELL
work_type: Surface/Underground
alteration: Highly Bleached
conc_proc: Hydrothermal Alteration Of Fault Zone
ore_ctrl: Fault Zone (Ne Trending)
Reporter: Everts, Michael L.
hrock_type: Dolomite
Structure: Basin & Range, Nw Trending Faults Of The Wah-Wah Mtns
tectonic: Miogeosyncline
References:
  • Deposit:: EVERTS, M.L., 1979, UT. GEOL. & MINERAL SURVEY: ON-SITE INVESTIGATION
  • Production:: EVERTS, M.L., 1979, GEOLOGIST.
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