The William Tell is a gold mine located in Sierra county, California at an elevation of 5,499 feet.
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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
Elevation: 5,499 Feet (1,676 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 39.56278, -120.61500
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William Tell MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: William Tell
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Sierra
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Commodity): FREE MILLING QTZ. ORE
Comment (Production): LONG INACTIVE. ONLY ASSEMENT WORK WAS DONE IN 1916 .
Comment (Deposit): VEINS, ORE SHOOTS
Comment (Workings): 3 ADITS. NO 1 IS 90 FT. ON ORE SHOOT, W STOPES, & ON SML VEIN. 2ND IS XCUT FOR 250 FT. W 170 MORE FT. DRIFT, 175 FT. BELOW NO. 1 , ON 120 FT. WIDE ORE SHOOT, & W RAISE TO NO. 1 , NO. 3 IS AT LEAST 490 FT 500 FT. BELOW NO. 2 . THIS INFO. FROM PRESTON, 1892 .
Comment (Geology): 8 FT. THICK VEIN W SLATE HANGING WALL, FOOTWALL PORPHYRY W ORESHOOT 120 FT. WIDE, 8 FT. THICK. 2ND VEIN 3 FT. THICK.
Comment (Deposit): AGENT ( AVERILL, 1942 ): W. H. WILLIAMS. SIERRA CITY. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): AVERILL, C. V., 1942 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SIERRA CO.: CDM CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., VOL. 38 , NO. 1 , P. 67 .
Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C. A., 1929 , SIERRA CO.: CDMM 25TH REPORT STATE MINERALOGIST, APRIL, P. 183 .
Reference (Deposit): PRESTON, E. B., 1893 , SIERRA CO.: CSMB 11TH REPORT STATE MINERALOGIST FOR 1892 , P. 415 , 416 .
Reference (Production): PRESTON, 1892
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