Williams Mine

The Williams Mine is a gold mine located in Custer county, Idaho at an elevation of 8,701 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Williams Mine

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver

Location

State: Idaho
County: Custer
District: Parker Mountain District

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.
Administrative Organization: Challis National Forest

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Not available

Production

Year: 1908
Year: 1910
Year: 1915

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Underground
Year First Production: 1908
Discovery Year: 1904
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Salmon River Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: POCKETS

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification, Argillic

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Acanthite
Ore: Electrum
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Chalcedony
Gangue: Jarosite

Comments

Comment (Location): At Head of Kerr Cr. About .5 Mi Ne of Parker Mtn. Mine

Comment (Deposit): Cavity Fillings, Comb Structures, Symmetrical Bandings, and Crustifications Are Conspicuous; Colloidal Textures Are Common. Quartz Veins Resemble Breccia Or Pebble Dikes.

Comment (Workings): 2 Caved Tunnels

References

Reference (Deposit): Ross, C. P., 1927 , Ore Deposits In The Tertiary Lava In The Salmon River Mountains, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 25 , 20 P.

Reference (Deposit): 1934 Geolmap Ross, C. P., Bull. 85

Reference (Deposit): Ross, C. P., 1934, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Casto Quadrangle, Idaho: USGS Bull. 854, 135 P.

Reference (Deposit): Fenne, Frank, K., 1977 , Geology And Mineral Deposits Of The Parker Mountain Mining District: Moscow, Idaho, Univ. Of Idaho, M.S. Thesis, P. 46 - 57 .

Reference (Deposit): U.S. Bureau Of Mines Open-File Report MLA 64-85, 1985, P. 48-56.

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