Williams Mine

The Williams Mine is a tungsten mine located in Mohave county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,049 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Williams Mine
Secondary: Jewel Tungsten
Secondary: Wothree

Commodity

Primary: Tungsten
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Mica
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite

Location

State: Arizona
County: Mohave
District: Aquarius Mountains District

Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Surface/Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Tony Melles And R. J. Miller
Years: 1961 -

Production

Year: 1938
Material type: W
Description: Ap_Grade: ^0.75 % Wo3

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1904
Year Last Production: 1955
Discovery Year: 1902
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Fluorite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Huebnerite
Ore: Wolframite
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Apatite

Comments

Comment (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.

Comment (Commodity): BLADED CRYSTALS OF WOLFRAMITE. FINE-GRAINED SCALY MASSES OF PALE GREEN MUSCOVITE OR SERCITE.

Comment (Location): LAT-LONG IS FOR GROUP OF PROSPECTS NEAR CONJUNCTION OF THE FOUR SECTIONS.

Comment (Production): A ST UNIT IS EQUAL TO 20 LBS OF WO3 CONTAINING 15.852 LBS OF W.

Comment (Workings): LONG TUNNEL FROM PORTAL, APPROX 500 FT, THEN INCLINED WINZE ON VEIN.

Comment (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

References

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

Reference (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.

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

Reference (Production): USBM IC 8078, P. 67.

Reference (Other Database): CIMRI

Reference (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.

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

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