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Williams Prospect

Past Producer in Modoc county in California, 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10031397
MRDS ID M010153
Record type Site
Current site name Williams Prospect
Related records 10116222

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.39549, 41.55514 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524
Relative position 4 MI EAST OF MUD LAKE RESERVOIR, 10 MI FROM ALTURUS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Modoc(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Surprise Station(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cedarville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Alturas(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Pit(hydrologic unit)

Upper Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Modoc

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 043N 014E 19 W2 OF NE4 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • HIGH LIME CONTENT IN SOME SAMPLES

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS OF UP TO $120/TON AU+AG

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 151
USGS model code 25d
Deposit model name Epithermal vein, Sado
Mark3 model number 28

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.39549, 41.55514
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Shear Zone

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner J. P. Williams

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION RECORDS FOUND

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 24.38M

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY 2 SHAFTS 25 FT APART WITH ONE 80 FT DEEP

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C.V., 1929, MODOC COUNTY, IN 25TH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND MINNG, P. 16

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit USGS MODEL MAY ALSO BE 25A: HOT-SPRING AU-AG.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1979 Mateik, R. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1991 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

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