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Williams Mine

Past Producer in Mohave county in Arizona, United States with commodities Tungsten, Copper, Fluorine-Fluorite, Mica
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Production statistics
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

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

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.44467, 34.8192 (WGS84)
Elevation 1539
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 14 MILES N OF WIKIEUP, 27 MILES E OF CANE SPRINGS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mohave(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cedar Basin(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 16N 011W 19,30,20,29 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • LAT-LONG IS FOR GROUP OF PROSPECTS NEAR CONJUNCTION OF THE FOUR SECTIONS.

Commodities

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

Comments on the commodity information

  • BLADED CRYSTALS OF WOLFRAMITE. FINE-GRAINED SCALY MASSES OF PALE GREEN MUSCOVITE OR SERCITE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Fluorite Ore
Huebnerite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Wolframite Ore
Apatite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.44467, 34.8192
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 70 - 80 W
    Dip 10 - 30 N
    Length 152.4M
    Width 1.52M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1902
Year of first production 1904
Year of last production 1955
Production years 1904 - 1955

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
    First year 1961

Production statistics

  • Year 1938
    Material W
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^0.75 % Wo3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    WO3 Tungsten Tungsten 1wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • A ST UNIT IS EQUAL TO 20 LBS OF WO3 CONTAINING 15.852 LBS OF W.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 1219.2M
    Overall depth 426.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • LONG TUNNEL FROM PORTAL, APPROX 500 FT, THEN INCLINED WINZE ON VEIN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DALE, V.B., 1961, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF GILA, YAVAPAI, AND MOHAVE COUNTIES, ARIZONA: U.S.B.M. INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8078.

  • Deposit

    HOBBS, S.W., 1944, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN THE BORIANA DISTRICT AND THE AQUARIUS RANGE, MOHAVE COUNTY ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. BULL. 940 - I.

  • Deposit

    WILSON, E.D., 1941, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF ARIZONA: UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA BULLETIN 148, P. 16.

  • Deposit

    PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.

  • Deposit

    SAWYER, M.B., GURMENDI, A.C., DALEY, M.R., AND HOWELL, S.B., 1992, PRINCIPAL DEPOSITS OF STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MINERALS IN ARIZONA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES SPECIAL PUBLICATION, 334 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    USBM IC 8078, P. 67.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PEGMATITIC TYPE VEIN, VEIN RANGES FROM A FEW INCHES TO A FEW FT, SOMETIMES SPLIT INTO TWO PARALLEL VEINS. MICA MASSES FOUND ADJACENT TO VEIN WALLS. THIS DEPOSIT IS ONE OF THE LARGER DEPOSITS IN THE AQUARIUS RANGE.
Deposit THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD D003010 OF J.W. HASLER WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MAIN MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-78 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-92 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 10-MAY-94 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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