The Bessie Williams is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
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Bessie Williams MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bessie Williams
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Alaska
District: Port Valdez
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1911
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Metasedimentary Rock
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Metasedimentary Rock
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: NO DATA
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Deposit): NO DATA ON DEPOSIT OTHER THAN QUARTZ VEINS IN VALDEZ GROUP METASEDIMENTARY ROCKS
Comment (Workings): NO DATA
Comment (Deposit): VERY LITTLE DATA ON DEPOSIT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Location): LOCATION APPROXIMATED FROM USGS OFR 80-892B, LOC. 5 LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Development): STAKED IN 1911; RESTAKED IN 1914 BY MAMMOTH MINING CO.; NO OTHER DATA
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 622,P.153,186
Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-438,LOC. 8
Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 80-892B, LOC. 5
Reference (Other Database): BAG-OFR-80-892B-05
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