Mine detail: Reed

Previously called 'Soda SpringsRoyalCalifornia'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.86516, -122.37162

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury
Ore:	Cinnabar, Metacinnabar
Gangue:	Calcite, Dolomite, Marcasite, Pyrite
Discovery year:	1870

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Medium
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	1873 - 1880, 1914 - 1917, 1931 - 1932, 1939 - 1948
First production started:	1871

Geology

Host rock:	Franciscan Complex
Host type:	Serpentinite
Structure:	Serpentine - Sediment Contact
Alteration processes:	Silica Carbonate Alteration Of Serpentine

References

MRDS	M055650
DEP	10103813
Reference	{Deposit:: HOLMES, G. W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA: IN USBM IC 8252}{Deposit:: BAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES}{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}{Deposit:: BRADLEY, W.W., 1918, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG BULL. 78, 389 P.}{Deposit:: 5) *RIEN, J.C., 1950, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF YOLO COUNTY, CALIF.: CJMG, V. 46, P. 432-434}{Deposit:: 1958 DIREXPL DME}{Production:: USBM DATA}
Reporter	Peterson, Jocelyn A.