Mine detail: Cinnabar Group

Previously called 'C.O. Carlson ClaimsColonial Mining Co.'

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Location

Lat / long:

33.55728, -114.36385

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury
Tertiary:	Copper, Lead, Molybdenum, Gold
Ore:	Chrysocolla, Cinnabar, Gold, Malachite, Metacinnabar, Wulfenite
Gangue:	Hematite, Kaolin, Limonite, Siderite
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1861

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host type:	Schist
Associated type:	Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)

References

MRDS	M055134
DEP	10040385
Reference	{Deposit:: ARIZ. BUREAU MINES, 1927, BULL. 122.}{Deposit:: BAILEY, E.H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES}{Deposit:: BANCROFT,H.,1911,ORE DEPOSITS IN NORTHERN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: USGS BULLETIN 451,P.82.}{Production:: USBM UNPUB DATA}
Reporter	Bergquist, Joel R.