Reed Flat Mine

The Reed Flat Mine is a silver mine located in Inyo county, California at an elevation of 10,236 feet.

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

Name: Reed Flat Mine  

State:  California

County:  Inyo

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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