The Williams is a tungsten mine located in Mohave county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,049 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: 5,049 Feet (1,539 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 34.8192, -113.60470
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Williams MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Williams
Secondary: Jewel Tungsten
Secondary: Wothree
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Location
State: Arizona
County: Mohave
District: Aquarius Mountains 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
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Workings
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Ownership
Owner Name: Tony Melles And R. J. Miller
Info Year: 1981
Production
Year: 1955
Time Period: 1904-1955
Description: 1904-1955 3043 Short Ton Units Of Wo3
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1904
Discovery Year: 1902
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
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Orebody
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Structure
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Alterations
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Rocks
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Analytical Data
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Materials
Unknown: Chalcopyrite
Unknown: Fluorite
Unknown: Huebnerite
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Scheelite
Unknown: Wolframite
Unknown: Apatite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): PROPERTY EXTENDS INTO SECTIONS 20, 29, AND 30. THIS DEPOSIT REPRESENTS ONE OF THE LARGER DEPOSITS OF THE AQUARIUS RANGE. SHORT TON UNIT = 20 LB OF WO3 CONTAINING 15.852 LB OF W.
Comment (Geology): STRIKE IS N70-80W; DIP IS 10-30N. WIDTH OF MINERALIZATION IS SEVERAL FEET. THICKNESS AND DEPTH ARE UNDETERMINED.
References
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