Williams Mine

Prospect in Orange county in California, United States with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10189032
MAS/MILS ID 0060590027
Record type Site
Current site name Williams Mine
Alternate or previous names Ophir, Williams

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -117.62338, 33.76173 (WGS84)
Elevation 610
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Orange(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Corona South(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Santa Ana(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Santa Ana(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Santa Ana(hydrologic unit)

Santa Ana(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Cleveland 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 Orange

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 005 S 007 W 04 SW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -117.62338, 33.76173

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. STATE MINING BUR. REPORT 21, 1925, P. 59.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES BULLETIN 178, 1961, P. 61.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 30-JAN-1991 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative California resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.