The Redington is a mercury mine located in Lake county, California at an elevation of 1,362 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: 1,362 Feet (415 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 38.8253, -122.33890
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Redington MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Redington
Secondary: Excellsior
Secondary: Boston
Secondary: Knoxville
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: California
County: Lake
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
Type: Fee Ownership
Type: Patented
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: George F. And Launce E. Gamble
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1982
Production
Year: 1977
Description: 1311
Year: 1975
Description: 528
Year: 1966
Description: 4491
Year: 1917
Description: Flasks Of Mercury
Year: 1907
Description: 1201 Flasks Of Mercury
Year: 1905
Description: Flasks Of Mercury
Year: 1884
Description: 19863 Flasks Of Mercury
Year: 1883
Description: Flasks Of Mercury
Year: 1862
Description: 95962 Flasks Of Mercury
Year: 1922
Description: 68
Year: 1940
Description: 3321
Year: 1927
Description: 3098
Year: 1949
Description: 53
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1862
Discovery Year: 1860
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: California Coast Ranges
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THE KNOXVILLE MERCURY PROPERTY WAS RESEARCHED, AND IN THE COURSE OF EVALUATION, FOUND TO HAVE NO DEFINABLE RESOURCES. THEREFORE, THE PROPERTY COULD NOT BE COSTED.
Comment (Reserve-Resource): UNDERGROUND OPERATIONS WERE ABANDONED IN 1941 AFTER EXTENSIVE EXPLORATION ON THE 90, 150,AND 210 LEVELS WAS UNPROFITABLE. COMPREHENSIVE MINE MAPS WERE NOT KEPT AS WORKINGS USUALLY CAVED A SHORT TIME AFTER MINING. UNDERGROUND LOW GRADE ORE MAY REMAIN IN PLACE OR AS STOPE FILL, BUT NO INFORMATION EXISTS FROM WHICH RESOURCE ESTIMATES CAN BE MADE. THE PRESENT OWNERS HAVE NO INFORMATION NOR ARE AWARE OF OTHER SOURCES OF INFORMATION TO AID RESOURCE ESTIMATION THE AVERAGE ORE GRADE DECLINED STEADILY THROUGHOUT THE LIFE OF THE MINE. IN 1943 THE GRADE AVERAGED 5-10 LBS./TON. HOMESTAKE MINING COMPANYS MC LAUGHLIN GOLD MINE AT THE SITE OF THE OLD MANHATTAN MINE 2.4 KM NORTHWEST OF THE KNOXVILLE WILL PRODUCE FROM 260 TO 350 FLASKS PER YEAR BEGINNING IN 1985 AND SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN COMPUTING THE DOMESTIC SUPPLY CURVE. OPEN PIT MINING AT THE KNOXVILLE CEASED IN 1976 DUE TO DECLINING MERCURY PRICES,THE NEED TO REFURBISH THE MILL AND THE LARGE QUANTITY OF WASTE REMOVAL REQUIRED TO EXPOSE ADDITIONAL ORE. THE GAMBLE FAMILY ANTICIPATES THERE WILL BE NO FUTURE PRIMARY MERCURY PRODUCTION FROM THE KNOXVILLE UNLESS UNDER EXTREMELY HIGH PRICE LEVELS. FUTURE PRODUCTION WILL PROBABLY BE AS BI-PRODUCT MERCURY FROM GOLD MINING. NORTHWEST TRENDING HIGH ANGLE THRUST FAULTS WHICH PROBABLY PROVIDED CHANNELWAYS FOR GOLD MINERALIZATION EXTEND DIRECTLY THROUGH THE KNOXVILLE MINE AREA. IN ADDITION, GOLD IS KNOWN TO OCCUR WITH PYRITE AT THE KNOXVILLE MINE (BECKER, 1988).
References
Reference (Deposit): GUINIVERE, R., 1982, VICE-PRESIDENT, ENGINEERING, HOMESTAKE
Reference (Deposit): MINING COMPANY, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, ORAL
Reference (Deposit): COMMUNICATIONS.
Reference (Deposit): HOMESTAKE MINING COMPANY AND D'APPOLORIA, 1982, MCLAUGHLIN
Reference (Deposit): PROJECT - PROPOSED GOLD MINE AND MINERAL EXTRACTION
Reference (Deposit): FACILITY: PROJECT DESCRIPTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESS-
Reference (Deposit): MENT, PP. 3-19.
Reference (Deposit): VREDENBURGH, L. M., 1982, TERTIARY GOLD-BEARING MERCURY
Reference (Deposit): DEPOSITS OF THE COAST RANGES OF CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA
Reference (Deposit): GEOLOGY, V. 35, NO. 2, P. 23.
Reference (Deposit): AVERITT, P. 1945, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE KNOXVILLE
Reference (Deposit): DISTRICT, NAPA, YOLO, AND LAKE COUNTIES: CALIFORNIA
Reference (Deposit): JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 41, NO. 2, PP. 78-81.
Reference (Deposit): BECKER, G. F., 1888, GEOLOGY OF THE QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF
Reference (Deposit): P. 274 (TOP OF PAGE)U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, MONOGRAPH 13,
Reference (Deposit): PP. 285-289.
Reference (Deposit): GAMBLE, G. F., 1982, PRESENT OWNER OF THE KNOXVILLE MINE,
Reference (Deposit): ORAL COMMUNICATIONS.
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