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Williams Mine

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. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Controls for ore emplacement
  15. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  16. Mining district
  17. Land status
  18. Ownership information
  19. Workings at the site
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. General comments
  23. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045379
MRDS ID M233091
Record type Site
Current site name Williams Mine
Alternate or previous names Old Williams Mine, Senator Williams Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.85678, 39.49352 (WGS84)
Elevation 1798
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 15 MILES N OF EASTGATE (ON STATE ROUTE 50)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Churchill(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cold Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Smith 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 019N 037E 19 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 3/4 MILE SOUTH OF MOUTH OF FLORENCE CANYON; 2 MILES NW OF ALPINE RANCH (LOCATION UNCERTAIN). ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Cerargyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 150
USGS model code 25c
Deposit model name Epithermal vein, Comstock
Mark3 model number 16

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyodacite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyodacite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.85678, 39.49352
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description North-Trending Fault

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N60E
    Dip 70 NNW
    Thickness 0.61M
    Length 402.33M
    Width 18.29M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zones

Comments on the geologic information

  • COUNTRY ROCK IS SHEETED.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1862
Year of first production 1865

Mining district

District name Alpine (Clan Alpine) District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Former Senator John Williams Of Fallon
    First year 1947

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 15.24M
    Overall depth 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT, WITH DRIFTS OR LATERALS

Comments on development

  • ONE OF THE EARLY PLSCOVERIES WORKED IN THE MID-1860'S. ORE WAS TREATED MAINLY AT THE CLAN-ALPINE MILL, WITH ABOUT 40 TONS OF $40. ORE HAULED TO AUSTIN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILLDEN, R. AND R.C. SPEED, 1974, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CHURCHILL CO., NV.; NB.MG. BULL. 83.

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER, EC., 19478 CARSON SINK AREA, NEVADA: U.S.G.S. OF. REPT.

  • Production

    SCHRADER, F.C. (1947)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEINS AND GILICIFIED ZONES ALONG SHEAR ZONES.
Deposit Discovery Year: EARLY 1860'S

Reporter information

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

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