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Williams Prospect

Past Producer in Siskiyou county in California, United States with commodity 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. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106539
MRDS ID X025737
Record type Site
Current site name Williams Prospect
Related records 10166054

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.90112, 41.27817 (WGS84)
Elevation 1951
Relative position 1 MI. E. WILDCAT PEAK CLOSE TO DIVIDE BETWEEN GRIZZLY CREEK & WILDCAT CREEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Siskiyou(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Eaton Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Shasta(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Weed(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Scott(hydrologic unit)

Klamath(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Klamath National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Siskiyou

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 040N 009W 32 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST NE 1/4 NE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Analytical data

Result ASSAYED $7/TON. A CONCENTRATING TEST ON CUT SAMPLE STATED TO HAVE GIVEN:HEADS $39.89/TON, CON. $552.89/TON, TAILS $2.65/TON. CONCENTRATES APPROX. 6% BY WEIGHT OF HEADS.

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.90112, 41.27817
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.61M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION OF $7000-$8000 SAID TO HAVE BEEN MADE W/AN ARRASTRA NO PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND

Comments on the workings information

  • 70 FT. DRIFT, 100 FT. ADIT AND 12 FT. WINZE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C.V., 1931, REDDING FIELD DIVISION: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 27 P. 54

  • Production

    AVERILL (1931)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS, 20-24 IN. THICK AND 10 IN THICK.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1980 Nelson, Scott C. (Albers, John, P.) U.S. Geological Survey

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