Mine detail: Tom Reed Mine

Previously called 'Blue RidgeBen Harrison'

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Location

Lat / long:

35.02363, -114.38052

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Secondary:	Silver
Ore:	Gold
Gangue:	Calcite, Fluorite, Gypsum, Hematite, Limonite, Pyrolusite, Quartz
Orebody form:	LENTICULAR
Discovery year:	1900

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	1909 - 1931
First production started:	1905
Last production ended:	1939

Geology

Host type:	Trachyte,Latite,Andesite
Associated rock:	Oatman Andesite;Gold Road Latite;Alcyone Trachite;Times Porphyry
Associated type:	Trachyte,Latite,Andesite
Structure:	Nw Trending Faults And Veins, Tom Reed Vein Offset By Mallory Fault Near Big Jim Mine; Mallory Fault Strikes Nw But Dips 60-70 Sw
Alteration processes:	Pyritized Areas More Altered; Bleaching; Kaolin, Calcite, And Chlorite Have Formed

References

MRDS	M004499
DEP	10027920
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.}{Deposit:: LAUSEN, C., 1931, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE OATMAN AND KATHERINE DISTRICTS, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 131, P. 101.}{Deposit:: WILSON, E.D., 1934, ARIZONA LODE GOLD MINES AND GOLD MINING: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 137, P. 80, 90.}{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.}{Deposit:: ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.}{Deposit:: ADMR FILE DATA.}{Production:: ARIZ. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 137 , P. 80}
Reporter	Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.)