The Williams Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Churchill county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,899 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,899 Feet (1,798 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 39.49361, -117.85583
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Williams Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Williams Mine
Secondary: Old Williams Mine
Secondary: Senator Williams Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Churchill
District: Alpine (Clan Alpine) 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: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Former Senator John Williams Of Fallon
Years: 1947 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1865
Discovery Year: 1862
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Epithermal vein, Comstock
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: North-Trending Fault
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification
Rocks
Name: Rhyodacite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyodacite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyodacite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyodacite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Cerargyrite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): 3/4 MILE SOUTH OF MOUTH OF FLORENCE CANYON; 2 MILES NW OF ALPINE RANCH (LOCATION UNCERTAIN). ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: EARLY 1860'S
Comment (Development): ONE OF THE EARLY PLSCOVERIES WORKED IN THE MID-1860'S. ORE WAS TREATED MAINLY AT THE CLAN-ALPINE MILL, WITH ABOUT 40 TONS OF $40. ORE HAULED TO AUSTIN.
Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ VEINS AND GILICIFIED ZONES ALONG SHEAR ZONES.
Comment (Workings): SHAFT, WITH DRIFTS OR LATERALS
Comment (Geology): COUNTRY ROCK IS SHEETED.
References
Reference (Production): SCHRADER, F.C. (1947)
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, EC., 19478 CARSON SINK AREA, NEVADA: U.S.G.S. OF. REPT.
Reference (Deposit): WILLDEN, R. AND R.C. SPEED, 1974, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CHURCHILL CO., NV.; NB.MG. BULL. 83.
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
