Mine detail: Reed

Previously called 'Soda SpringsRoyalCalifornia'

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Location: Yolo County, California, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.86516, -122.37162
dep_id: 10103813
mrds_id: M055650
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Mercury
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Medium ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Cinnabar, Metacinnabar
gangue: Calcite, Dolomite, Marcasite, Pyrite
work_type: Surface/Underground
alteration: Silica Carbonate Alteration Of Serpentine
conc_proc: Hydrothermal Solutions
ore_ctrl: Altered Serpentine And Fault Zone
Reporter: Peterson, Jocelyn A.
hrock_unit: Franciscan Complex
hrock_type: Serpentinite
Structure: Serpentine - Sediment Contact
Year first produced: 1871
disc_yr: 1870
prod_yrs: 1873 - 1880, 1914 - 1917, 1931 - 1932, 1939 - 1948
References:
  • 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
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