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Williamsburg Mine

Past Producer in Eureka county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Copper
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103983
MRDS ID M232332
Record type Site
Current site name Williamsburg Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.57759, 39.52492 (WGS84)
Elevation 1951

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Eureka(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bean Flat West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Simpson Park Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Millett(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Diamond-Monitor Valleys(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 Eureka

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 019N 053E 15 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UTM PRECISION 500M

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Malachite Ore
Plumbojarosite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 72
USGS model code 19a
Deposit model name Polymetallic replacement
Mark3 model number 47

Nearby scientific data

(1) Alluvium, undifferentiated
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Favorable Permeable Horizons Cut By Verticle Fissures

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE ORE BODIES OCCUR AS TABULAR BEDDING REPLACEMENTS IN THE LIMESTONE BETWEEN CROSSCUTTING FISSURES WHICH SERVED AS ORE CHANNEL WAYS AND CONTROLLED FORMATION OF ORE BODIES (NOLAN 1962).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Eureka District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROBERTS ET AL (1967) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO., NEVADA BUR OF MINES BULL 64

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES (ELY) MILS NO 123, REFERENCE NO 320110084

  • Deposit

    NOLAN T.B. (1962) THE EUREKA MINING DISTRICT, USGS PROF PAPER 406

  • Production

    NOLAN, T.B., (1962)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BEDDING REPLACEMENTS IN LIMESTONE BETWEEN CROSS-CUTTING FISSURES WHICH CONTROLLED TRAVEL OF ORE-FORMING FLUIDS.
Deposit THE PROPERTY PRODUCED 2,765 TONS OF ORE WORTH $72,112 FROM 1877-92 (NOLAN 1962). IT IS LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF ADAM'S HILL. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1980 Kirkham, Richard A. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

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