The Williams Prospect is a tungsten mine located in El Dorado county, California.
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Williams Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Williams Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: California
County: El Dorado
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: F. T. Lee And J. Needham
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1954
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
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
Not available
Comments
Comment (Workings): IN EARLY 1956, AN OPEN CUT 20 FT. LONG, 20 FT. WIDE AND 15 FT. HIGH ON S. SLOPE OF A RIDGE.
Comment (Production): IN 1956 SEVERAL TONS OF ORE WERE MINED FOR MILLING TESTS. A NUMBER OF ANALYSIS SHOW THAT PARTS OF THE DEPOSIT CONTAIN FROM 1 TO 2 PERCENT WO3.
Comment (Deposit): THE TACTITE PINCHES OUT NEAR THE SURFACE AND WIDENS AT DEPTH; THE GREATEST WIDTH OF EXPOSED TACTITE IS ABOUT 12 FT. THE SCHEELITE IS IN THIN PARALLEL STREAKS NEAR THE CENTER OF THE TACTITE BODY. COUNTRY ROCK IS QUARTZITE AND MICA SCHIST OF THE CALAVERAS GROUP.
References
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 52, NO. 4, PP. 440, 578, PL. 10
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