Tom Reed Mine

The Tom Reed Mine is a gold mine located in Mohave county, Arizona at an elevation of 2,700 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Tom Reed Mine
Secondary: Blue Ridge
Secondary: Ben Harrison

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver

Location

State: Arizona
County: Mohave
District: San Francisco District

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

Not available

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Sawyer Petroleum Co.
Years: 1959 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1905
Year Last Production: 1939
Discovery Year: 1900
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: LENTICULAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: Nw Trending Faults And Veins

Type: L
Description: Tom Reed Vein Offset By Mallory Fault Near Big Jim Mine; Mallory Fault Strikes Nw But Dips 60-70 Sw

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Pyritized Areas More Altered; Bleaching; Kaolin, Calcite, And Chlorite Have Formed

Rocks

Name: Trachyte
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Trachyte
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Gold
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Fluorite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Pyrolusite
Gangue: Gypsum

Comments

Comment (Deposit): TWO ORE BODIES WERE REACHED BY THE BEN HARRISON SHAFT, TIP TOP ORE BODY AND BEN HARRISON ORE SHOOT. THE TIP TOP BODY IS LOCATED UNDER THE TOWN OF OATMAN, IT EXTENDS FROM THE 0-FOOT LEVEL DOWN TO BELOW THE 1400-FOOT LEVEL. THE BEN HARRISON ORE SHOOT EXTENDS FROM JUST BELOW THE SURFACE DOWN TO ABOUT 800 FEET. THE TOM REED VEIN EXTENDS BEYOND THE BENJAMIN HARRISON AND TIP TOP CLAIMS TO BECOME THE AZTEC, BIG JIM (OFFSET BY FAULTING), UNITED EASTERN (BRANCHING OFF OF MAIN VEIN) AND AMERICAN VEINS

Comment (Development): PREVIOUS OWNERS AND OPERATORS INCLUDE GOLD ROAD CO. (1901), BLUE RIDGE GOLD MINES CO (1904), TOM REED GOLD MINES CO (1906), JACK ZWINGE, D.H. SULLIVAN; THE PROPERTIES OF THE TOM REED GOLD MINE EXTENDED FOR AROUND 3 MILES ALONG THE TOM REED VEIN. SOME OF THESE PROPERTIES ARE DESCRIBED IN OTHER ENTRIES. (SEE AZTEC AND GREY EAGLE)

Comment (Workings): TOTAL UNDERGROUND WORKINGS ON TOM REED VEIN AMOUNT TO 15 MILES, THIS INCLUDES THE BEN HARRISON, AZTEC, GREY EAGLE, AND BLACK EAGLE MINES. THE BEN HARRISON SHAFT WAS THE ORIGINAL DEVELOPMENT ON THE TOM REED CLAIMS; THE SHAFT APPARENTLY IS CONNECTED TO THE TIP TOP AND OLLA OATMAN SHAFTS AND TO THE NO. 1 AND 2 SHAFTS OF THE UNITED EASTERN; THE HARRISON SHAFT IS 900 FT DEEP WITH A WINZE FROM THE 700 FT LEVEL TO THE 1400 FT LEVEL

Comment (Commodity): DISTRICT ALSO HAS SMALL AMOUNTS OF CHALCOPYRITE, CHALCOCITE, PYRITE, CHRYSOCOLLA, RED PB OXIDE, AND WULFENITE

Comment (Location): MINE EXTENDS INTO SECTIONS 14 AND 22.

Comment (Production): PRODUCTION TOTALS FOR THE TOM REED ALSO INCLUDES SOME PRODUCTION FOR THE AZTEC, GREY EAGLE, AND BLACK EAGLE MINES AS WELL AS OTHER SMALLER MINES OWNED BY TOM REED GOLD MINES, IN ADDITION TO PRODUCTION FROM THE BEN HARRISON SHAFT

References

Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C., 1909, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CERBAT RANGE, BLACK MOUNTAINS, AND THE GRAND WASH CLIFFS, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. BULL. 397, P 192.

Reference (Deposit): LAUSEN, C., 1931, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE OATMAN AND KATHERINE DISTRICTS, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 131, P. 101.

Reference (Deposit): WILSON, E.D., 1934, ARIZONA LODE GOLD MINES AND GOLD MINING: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 137, P. 80, 90.

Reference (Deposit): GARDNER, E.D., 1936, GOLD MINING AND MILLING IN THE BLACK MOUNTAINS, WESTERN MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.B.M. INFORMATION CIRCULAR 6901, P. 19.

Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.

Reference (Deposit): ADMR FILE DATA.

Reference (Production): ARIZ. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 137 , P. 80

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