Bessie Williams

The Bessie Williams is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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: 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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