Reed

The Reed is a mercury mine located in Yolo county, California.

About the MRDS Data:

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

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Site Name

Primary: Reed
Secondary: California
Secondary: Soda Springs
Secondary: Royal
Secondary: Reed Mine

Commodity

Primary: Mercury

Location

State: California
County: Yolo
District: Knoxville

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: Surface/Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Bradley Mining Co.

Production

Year: 1962
Time Period: To 1962
Material type: HG
Description: Cp_Grade: ^10-25 Lb/Ton

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Year First Production: 1871
Discovery Year: 1870
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
Deposit Size: M

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

Type: L
Description: Serpentine - Sediment Contact

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silica Carbonate Alteration Of Serpentine

Rocks

Name: Serpentinite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Serpentinite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: ASSAYS TO 5.4 LB/TON, DMEA REPT

Materials

Ore: Metacinnabar
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Marcasite
Gangue: Dolomite

Comments

Comment (Location): Also in secs. 23 and 26.

Comment (Exploration): 1958 DIREXPL DME

Comment (Production): USBM DATA.

References

Reference (Deposit): O'BRIEN, J.C., 1950, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF YOLO COUNTY, CALIF.: CJMG, V. 46, P. 432-434.

Reference (Deposit): Ransome A.L., and Kellogg, J.L., 1939, Quicksilver resources of California: California Journal of Mines & Geology, v. 35, no. 4, p. 353-486.
Pages: p. 475.

Reference (Deposit): BRADLEY, W.W., 1918, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG BULL. 78, 389 P.

Reference (Deposit): AVERITT, P., 1945, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE KNOXVILLE DISTRICT, NAPA, YOLO, AND LAKE COUNTIES, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 41, P. 65-89, pl. 6.

Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES

Reference (Deposit): HOLMES, G. W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA: IN USBM IC 8252.

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