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Williams Mine

Past Producer in Llano county in Texas, United States with commodities Feldspar, REE
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10065154
MRDS ID TC40189
Record type Site
Current site name Williams Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -98.47394, 30.66882 (WGS84)
Elevation 270
Relative position 2 MI N70W OF KINGSLAND

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Llano(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kingsland(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Llano(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Llano(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Llano(hydrologic unit)

Middle Colorado-Llano(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-San Bernard Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Texas-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Llano

Comments on the location information

  • NOW WITHIN KINGSLAND ESTATES

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Feldspar Primary
REE Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Feldspar Ore
Mica Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 38
USGS model code 13e
Deposit model name Feldspar contained in pegmatites

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Town Mountain Granite
    Rock description Town Mountain Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mesoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mesoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mesoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -98.47394, 30.66882
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Length 39.62M
    Width 12.19M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1936

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • INACTIVE LITTLE DEVELOPED PRODUCER

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO OPEN PITS, ONE 40 BY 40 FT IN AREA AND 10 FT DEEP, THE OTHER SMALLER IN AREA AND 15 FT DEEP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BARNES, V.E., 1945, FELDSPAR IN THE CENTRAL MINERAL REGION OF TEXAS, IN TEXAS MINERAL RESOURCES: UNIV. TEXAS PUB. 4301, P. 93-104.

  • Deposit

    BARNES, V.E., 1976, GEOLOGY OF THE KINGSLAND QUADRANGLE, LLANO AND BURNET COUNTIES, TEXAS: TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY GQ-41, 25 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OUTCROP DIMENSIONS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1994 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey

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

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