| Deposit ID | 10045384 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M233096 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Bernice Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Old Williams Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -117.75345, 39.76491 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1920 |
| Relative position | A MILE NORTH WEST OF BERNICE; 32 MILES N NE OF EASTGATE |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Churchill(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Bernice Canyon(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Churchill |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 022N | 038E | 19 | NW | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Antimony Critical | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Arsenic Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Arsenopyrite | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Jamesonite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Stibnite | Ore |
| Feldspar | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | 3 SAMPLES CONTAINED 30, 150, AND 500 PPM AG |
|---|---|
| Result | SAMPLES CONTAINED UP TO 5% AS AND 0.5% SB. |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Phyllite |
| Rock unit name | Star Peak Formation |
| Rock description | Star Peak Formation |
| (1) | -117.75345, 39.76491 |
|---|
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | NNE |
| Dip | STEEPLY WEST, ABOUT 70DEG (VARIABLE, 40DEG TO 90 DEG) |
| Thickness | 152.4M |
| Length | 365.76M |
| Width | 1.83M |
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Depth to bottom | 152.4M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1886 |
| Discoverer | Wallace Goodell Cor James Wardell In Late 1870'S, According To Vanderburg |
| Year of first production | 1886 |
| Year of last production | 1890 |
| District name | Bernice District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Williams, J. B. |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 762M |
| Overall depth | 121.92M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M233096 |
WILLDEN, R. AND R.C. SPEED, 1974, GEOLOGY MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CHURCHILL COUNTY, NEB.; NBMG BULL. 83.
SCHRADER, F.C., 1947, CARSON SINK AREA; U.S.G.S. OPEN FILE REPORT
VANDERBURG, W.O., 1940, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN CHURCHILL CO, NEV.; U.S.B.M.I.C. 7093
SCHRADER, F.C. (1947); WILLDEN & SPEED, (1974)
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | VEIN CONSISTS OF QUARTZ AND CRUSHED, ALTERED, MINERALIZED FAULT BRECCIA, IN PART BANDED AND IN PART DRUSY. |
| Deposit | THE TAILINGS PILE BELOW THE OLD MILLSITE CONTAINING ABOUT 6000 TONS WAS OWNED BY C.M. BEEGHLY AND L.T. ELLIS IN 1939. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
| Deposit | Discovery Year: 1886 OR 1870'S |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUN-1981 | La Pointe, D.D. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology |
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