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Williams Prospect

Past Producer in Churchill county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Gold
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045380
MRDS ID M233092
Record type Site
Current site name Williams Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.92067, 39.57685 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Churchill(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Augusta(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Edwards Creek Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Millett(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dixie Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Churchill

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 020N 036E 21,22,27,28 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • HEAD OF CLAN ALPINE CANYON, 1 1/2 MILES NW OF NEVADA LINCOLN MINE; 5 1/2 MILES FROM MOUTH OF THE CANYON (WHAT IS NOW CHERRY CREEK MAY HAVE BEEN CALLED CLAN ALPINE CANYON FOMERELY) LOCATION UNCERTAIN. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.92067, 39.57685
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Alpine (Clan Alpine, 1864) District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Senator Williams
    First year 1947

Comments on the production information

  • A SMALL AMOUNT OF ORE WAS TREATED BY SENATOR WILLIAMS IN THE CLAN ALPINE AND BERNICE MILLS, PRIOR TO 1947

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER, F.C., (1947), CARSON SINK AREA, NEVADA; USGS. OPEN FILE REPORT

  • Production

    SCHRADER, F.C. (1947)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-81 La Pointe, D.D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

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