Williams

Past Producer in Mohave county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Fluorine-Fluorite, Tungsten
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Sections on this page
  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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Production statistics
  15. Links to other databases
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10210864
MRDS ID M003703
MAS/MILS ID 0040151355
Record type Site
Current site name Williams
Alternate or previous names Jewel Tungsten, Wothree
Related records 10102533

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -113.60548, 34.81923 (WGS84)
Elevation 1539

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mohave(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tule Wash(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bagdad(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big Sandy(hydrologic unit)

Bill Williams(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)

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

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Mohave

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 016+N 011 W 19 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Secondary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Apatite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Fluorite Unknown
Huebnerite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Scheelite Unknown
Wolframite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -113.60548, 34.81923

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 152M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 PEGMATITE
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin MAGMATIC DIFFER
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Date of Last Modification 911008

Comments on the geologic information

  • STRIKE IS N70-80W; DIP IS 10-30N. WIDTH OF MINERALIZATION IS SEVERAL FEET. THICKNESS AND DEPTH ARE UNDETERMINED.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1902
Year of first production 1904

Mining district

District name Aquarius Mountains District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Tony Melles And R. J. Miller
    Year 1981

Production statistics

  • Year 1955
    Period 1904-1955
    Description 1904-1955 3043 Short Ton Units Of Wo3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Tungsten Tungsten 3354.33mt

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROPERTY EXTENDS INTO SECTIONS 20, 29, AND 30. THIS DEPOSIT REPRESENTS ONE OF THE LARGER DEPOSITS OF THE AQUARIUS RANGE. SHORT TON UNIT = 20 LB OF WO3 CONTAINING 15.852 LB OF W.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 08-OCT-1991 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

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