Bernice Mine, Bernice Mining District, Churchill County, Nevada, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Bernice Mine | Mine |
| Bernice Mining District | Mining District |
| Churchill County | County |
| Nevada | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
39° 45' 53'' North , 117° 45' 12'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Other/historical names associated with this locality:
Old Williams Mine; Williams Mine
Alteration: Silicification
Deposit: Vein consists of quartz and crushed, altered, mineralized fault breccia, in part banded and in part drusy. The tailings pile below the old millsite containing about 6000 tons was owned by c.m. Beeghly and l.t. Ellis in 1939. ; info. src : 1 pub lit; 2 unpub rept discovery year: 1886 or 1870's
Development: Goodell developed the property soon after discovery and Bernice became a flourishing camp. The property was next acquired by Bothwell who built a 10-stamp mill for it. It later passed to ex-senator J.P. Williams who operated the mine and mill and shipped the silver-gold bullion to the California bank at San Francisco. The more than 1/2 million dollar production was made mostly from 1886 to 1890. Since then the camp has been largely deserted, though some development and a little mining have been done intermittently, almost annually. In 1892, some of the deposits began to be worked for antimony and they have been operated periodically since.
Geology: Ore was mostly free-milling especially
Ore(s): Fault
Deposit: Vein consists of quartz and crushed, altered, mineralized fault breccia, in part banded and in part drusy. The tailings pile below the old millsite containing about 6000 tons was owned by c.m. Beeghly and l.t. Ellis in 1939. ; info. src : 1 pub lit; 2 unpub rept discovery year: 1886 or 1870's
Development: Goodell developed the property soon after discovery and Bernice became a flourishing camp. The property was next acquired by Bothwell who built a 10-stamp mill for it. It later passed to ex-senator J.P. Williams who operated the mine and mill and shipped the silver-gold bullion to the California bank at San Francisco. The more than 1/2 million dollar production was made mostly from 1886 to 1890. Since then the camp has been largely deserted, though some development and a little mining have been done intermittently, almost annually. In 1892, some of the deposits began to be worked for antimony and they have been operated periodically since.
Geology: Ore was mostly free-milling especially
Ore(s): Fault
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsMineral List
6 valid minerals.
Rock Types Recorded
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Alphabetical List Tree DiagramDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Arsenopyrite Formula: FeAsS |
| ⓘ 'Feldspar Group' |
| ⓘ Jamesonite Formula: Pb4FeSb6S14 |
| ⓘ Native Gold Formula: Au |
| ⓘ Pyrite Formula: FeS2 |
| ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
| ⓘ Stibnite Formula: Sb2S3 |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 1 - Elements | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Native Gold | 1.AA.05 | Au |
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
| ⓘ | Stibnite | 2.DB.05 | Sb2S3 |
| ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
| ⓘ | Arsenopyrite | 2.EB.20 | FeAsS |
| ⓘ | Jamesonite | 2.HB.15 | Pb4FeSb6S14 |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| Unclassified | |||
| ⓘ | 'Feldspar Group' | - | |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| O | Oxygen | |
|---|---|---|
| O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Arsenopyrite | FeAsS |
| S | ⓘ Jamesonite | Pb4FeSb6S14 |
| S | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| S | ⓘ Stibnite | Sb2S3 |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Arsenopyrite | FeAsS |
| Fe | ⓘ Jamesonite | Pb4FeSb6S14 |
| Fe | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| As | Arsenic | |
| As | ⓘ Arsenopyrite | FeAsS |
| Sb | Antimony | |
| Sb | ⓘ Jamesonite | Pb4FeSb6S14 |
| Sb | ⓘ Stibnite | Sb2S3 |
| Au | Gold | |
| Au | ⓘ Native Gold | Au |
| Pb | Lead | |
| Pb | ⓘ Jamesonite | Pb4FeSb6S14 |
Other Databases
| GeoNames ID: | 5515207 |
|---|---|
| Link to USGS MRDS: | 10045384 |
Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
North AmericaContinent
North America PlateTectonic Plate
- Auld Lang Syne BasinBasin
- Basin and Range BasinsBasin
- Golconda-Roberts Mountain DomainDomain
- Havallah BasinBasin
- Northern Basin and RangeWide Rift
- West Nevada Permian-Triassic BasinBasin
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