The Reed Flat Mine is a silver mine located in Inyo county, California at an elevation of 10,236 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: 10,236 Feet (3,120 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 37.3806, -118.18080
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Reed Flat Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Reed Flat Mine
Secondary: Birch Creek Rare Ii Area
Secondary: Mexican Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: California
County: Inyo
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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
Type: Unknown
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1909
Description: 1 Ton; 1,090 Lbs Pb, 62 Oz Ag, 19 Oz Au 10 Tons
Year: 1910
Description: From 10 Ton; 39.57 Oz Au; 15 Oz Ag Tons
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1909
Discovery Year: 1862
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
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Galena
Unknown: Hemimorphite
Unknown: Silver
Unknown: Cerussite
Comments
Comment (Geology): GALENA AND CERUSSITE COMBINED IS 1.1 PERCENT LEAD. SPHALERITE AND SMITHSONITE MAY ALSO BE PRESENT.
References
Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W. B., AND SAMPSON, R. J., 1938, MINERAL RESOURCES
Reference (Deposit): OF INYO COUNTY: THIRTY-FOURTH REPORT OF THE STATE
Reference (Deposit): MINERALOGIST, CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY
Reference (Deposit): V. 34, NO. 4, P. 452, 478.
Reference (Deposit): NORMAN, L. A., AND STEWART, R. R., 1951, MINES AND MINERAL
Reference (Deposit): RESOURCES OF INYO COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES
Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W. B., 1926, TWENTY-SECOND REPORT OF THE STATE
Reference (Deposit): MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, V. 22,
Reference (Deposit): NO. 1, P. 497.
Reference (Deposit): BUTNER, D. W., 1945, MEXICAN LEAD MINE INYO COUNTY,
Reference (Deposit): CALIFORNIA ACCESS ROAD REPORT UNPUBLISHED BUREAU OF
Reference (Deposit): MINES, REPORT ON FILE AT THE USBM WFOC SPOKANE WA. P.6
Reference (Deposit): AND GEOLOGY, V. 47, NO. 1. P. 74-75.
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 53, 1957, NO. 81, P. 489.
Reference (Deposit): RAINS, R. L., AND IVERSON, S. R., 1983, MINERAL RESOURCES OF
Reference (Deposit): THE BIRCH CREEK RARE II AREA (NO. 5060), INYO COUNTY,
Reference (Deposit): CALIFORNIA: U. S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-83,
Reference (Deposit): NO. 10, P. 14.
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