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Tom Reed Mine

Past Producer in Mohave county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027920
MRDS ID M004499
Record type Site
Current site name Tom Reed Mine
Alternate or previous names Blue Ridge, Ben Harrison
Related records 10137837

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.38052, 35.02363 (WGS84)
Elevation 823
Relative position AT OATMAN ; ABOUT 2.7 MILES E OF LELAND BUTTE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mohave(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Oatman(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Davis Dam(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kingman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Havasu-Mohave Lakes(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Mohave

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 019N 020W 23 NW Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • MINE EXTENDS INTO SECTIONS 14 AND 22.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • DISTRICT ALSO HAS SMALL AMOUNTS OF CHALCOPYRITE, CHALCOCITE, PYRITE, CHRYSOCOLLA, RED PB OXIDE, AND WULFENITE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Calcite Gangue
Fluorite Gangue
Gypsum Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Pyrolusite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Pyritized Areas More Altered; Bleaching; Kaolin, Calcite, And Chlorite Have Formed

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Trachyte
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Oatman Andesite;Gold Road Latite;Alcyone Trachite;Times Porphyry
    Rock description Oatman Andesite;Gold Road Latite;Alcyone Trachite;Times Porphyry
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Trachyte
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.38052, 35.02363
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Nw Trending Faults And Veins
Type of structure Local
Structure description Tom Reed Vein Offset By Mallory Fault Near Big Jim Mine; Mallory Fault Strikes Nw But Dips 60-70 Sw

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Strike N 50 W
    Dip 70 NE
    Thickness 426.72M
    Length 4827.9M
    Width 10.67M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 426.72M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Vein Follows Nw Trending Fault Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1900
Year of first production 1905
Year of last production 1939
Production years 1909 - 1931

Mining district

District name San Francisco District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Sawyer Petroleum Co.
    First year 1959

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION TOTALS FOR THE TOM REED ALSO INCLUDES SOME PRODUCTION FOR THE AZTEC, GREY EAGLE, AND BLACK EAGLE MINES AS WELL AS OTHER SMALLER MINES OWNED BY TOM REED GOLD MINES, IN ADDITION TO PRODUCTION FROM THE BEN HARRISON SHAFT

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 426.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • TOTAL UNDERGROUND WORKINGS ON TOM REED VEIN AMOUNT TO 15 MILES, THIS INCLUDES THE BEN HARRISON, AZTEC, GREY EAGLE, AND BLACK EAGLE MINES. THE BEN HARRISON SHAFT WAS THE ORIGINAL DEVELOPMENT ON THE TOM REED CLAIMS; THE SHAFT APPARENTLY IS CONNECTED TO THE TIP TOP AND OLLA OATMAN SHAFTS AND TO THE NO. 1 AND 2 SHAFTS OF THE UNITED EASTERN; THE HARRISON SHAFT IS 900 FT DEEP WITH A WINZE FROM THE 700 FT LEVEL TO THE 1400 FT LEVEL

Comments on development

  • PREVIOUS OWNERS AND OPERATORS INCLUDE GOLD ROAD CO. (1901), BLUE RIDGE GOLD MINES CO (1904), TOM REED GOLD MINES CO (1906), JACK ZWINGE, D.H. SULLIVAN; THE PROPERTIES OF THE TOM REED GOLD MINE EXTENDED FOR AROUND 3 MILES ALONG THE TOM REED VEIN. SOME OF THESE PROPERTIES ARE DESCRIBED IN OTHER ENTRIES. (SEE AZTEC AND GREY EAGLE)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO ORE BODIES WERE REACHED BY THE BEN HARRISON SHAFT, TIP TOP ORE BODY AND BEN HARRISON ORE SHOOT. THE TIP TOP BODY IS LOCATED UNDER THE TOWN OF OATMAN, IT EXTENDS FROM THE 0-FOOT LEVEL DOWN TO BELOW THE 1400-FOOT LEVEL. THE BEN HARRISON ORE SHOOT EXTENDS FROM JUST BELOW THE SURFACE DOWN TO ABOUT 800 FEET. THE TOM REED VEIN EXTENDS BEYOND THE BENJAMIN HARRISON AND TIP TOP CLAIMS TO BECOME THE AZTEC, BIG JIM (OFFSET BY FAULTING), UNITED EASTERN (BRANCHING OFF OF MAIN VEIN) AND AMERICAN VEINS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1979 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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