Williams Mine (Williams Tungsten Mine; Jewel Tungsten Mine; Wothree Mine), Williams Camp area, Boner Canyon, Aquarius Mountains (Aquarius Range; Peacock Range), Mohave County, Arizona, USAi
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
34° 49' 9'' North , 113° 36' 16'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Wikieup | 133 (2011) | 12.9km |
| Bagdad | 1,876 (2016) | 45.1km |
| Pinion Pines | 186 (2017) | 45.6km |
| Lazy Y U | 428 (2017) | 48.4km |
| Kingman | 28,912 (2017) | 58.0km |
Mindat Locality ID:
40530
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:40530:5
GUID (UUID V4):
9ab06487-6811-4ff6-8525-76c13cb927fe
‡Ref.: Wilson, E.D. (1941), Arizona Bureau of Mines Bull. 148:16-17.
Hobbs, S.W. (1944), Tungsten deposits in the Boriana District and the Aquarius Range, Mohave County, Arizona, USGS Bull. 940-I.
Galbraith, F.W. & Brennan (1959), Minerals of Arizona: 79, 81.
Dale, V.B. (1961), Tungsten deposits of Gila, Yavapai, and Mohave Counties, Arizona, U.S. Bureau of Mines Information Circular 8078.
Arizona State Land Department Mineral map.
USGS Prescott topo. map.
Mohave custom mill proj. card file.
U.S. Bureau of Land Management Unit Resource analysis steps 3&4, Hualapai unit.
MRDS database Dep. ID #10102533; and Dep. ID 10210864; and Dep. ID #10113665.
A former surface and underground W-Cu-Bi-mica-pyrite-fluorspar mine located on 12 unpatented claims in sec. 19 SW, secs. 20 & 29, T.16½ & 17N., R.11&12E. Started 1902. eopened 1904-1912, 1915-1917. Some of the claims were located in 1902 by Ed. Williams, Sr. Owned by the Tungsten Mines Co. (1915-1917) and the Continental Mining Corp. (1940- ).
The principal vein occurs in a fault fissure that cuts granite with a strike of N.65W. and a dip of 25NE. A sheared aplite dike about 6 feet thick follows its hanging wall. The vein width is less than 1, to about 2 feet wide. It consists of coarse-grained, glassy, gray quartz, locally with intergrowths of pale-green muscovite. Orebody is tabular.
Workings include an upper adit tunnel about 150 feet long connected by stopes and raises with a 500 foot adit some 160 feet farther down-dip. A 1,400 foot long adit (1940-41) connects with a 350 foot deep winze below the old lower tunnel level.
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This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.Mineral List
6 valid minerals.
Detailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ 'Apatite' Formula: Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH) References: |
| ⓘ Chalcopyrite Formula: CuFeS2 References: |
| ⓘ Fluorite Formula: CaF2 References: |
| ⓘ Hübnerite Formula: MnWO4 References: |
| ⓘ Muscovite Formula: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 Habit: Coarse rosettes (in the vein) Colour: Pale-green Description: Intergrowths in quartz as fine-grained, scaly masses (wall rock). |
| ⓘ Muscovite var. Sericite Formula: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 Description: Flaky material in strongly altered vein wall rocks. |
| ⓘ Pyrite Formula: FeS2 Description: Fairly abundant in some vein portions. |
| ⓘ Scheelite Formula: Ca(WO4) Description: Occurs sparingly. |
| ⓘ 'Wolframite Group' Description: Fine-grained to coarse particles & aggregates assoc. with muscovite. |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Chalcopyrite | 2.CB.10a | CuFeS2 |
| ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
| Group 3 - Halides | |||
| ⓘ | Fluorite | 3.AB.25 | CaF2 |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Hübnerite | 4.DB.30 | MnWO4 |
| ⓘ | 'Wolframite Group' | 4.DB.30 va | |
| Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates | |||
| ⓘ | Scheelite | 7.GA.05 | Ca(WO4) |
| Group 9 - Silicates | |||
| ⓘ | Muscovite | 9.EC.15 | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| ⓘ | var. Sericite | 9.EC.15 | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| Unclassified | |||
| ⓘ | 'Apatite' | - | Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH) |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | ⓘ Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| H | ⓘ Muscovite var. Sericite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| H | ⓘ Apatite | Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH) |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Hübnerite | MnWO4 |
| O | ⓘ Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| O | ⓘ Scheelite | Ca(WO4) |
| O | ⓘ Muscovite var. Sericite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| O | ⓘ Apatite | Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH) |
| F | Fluorine | |
| F | ⓘ Fluorite | CaF2 |
| F | ⓘ Apatite | Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH) |
| Al | Aluminium | |
| Al | ⓘ Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| Al | ⓘ Muscovite var. Sericite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| Si | ⓘ Muscovite var. Sericite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| P | Phosphorus | |
| P | ⓘ Apatite | Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH) |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| S | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Cl | Chlorine | |
| Cl | ⓘ Apatite | Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH) |
| K | Potassium | |
| K | ⓘ Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| K | ⓘ Muscovite var. Sericite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Fluorite | CaF2 |
| Ca | ⓘ Scheelite | Ca(WO4) |
| Ca | ⓘ Apatite | Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH) |
| Mn | Manganese | |
| Mn | ⓘ Hübnerite | MnWO4 |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| Fe | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Cu | Copper | |
| Cu | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| W | Tungsten | |
| W | ⓘ Hübnerite | MnWO4 |
| W | ⓘ Scheelite | Ca(WO4) |
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