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Senator Williams Mine, Alpine Mining District, Churchill County, Nevada, USAi
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
39° 29' 36'' North , 117° 51' 24'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Mindat Locality ID:
63516
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:63516:4
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
Senator Mine; Old Williams Mine; Williams Mine


Sec 31 T25N R37E
Structure: North-Trending Fault

Alteration: Silicification

Deposit: Quartz veins and silicified zones along shear zones. Discovery year: early 1860's

Deposit type: Epithermal vein, Comstock

Development: One of the early discoveries worked in the mid-1860's. Ore was treated mainly at the Clan-Alpine mill, with about 40 tons of $40. Ore hauled to Austin.

Geology: Country rock is sheeted.

Ore(s): Shear Zones

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8 valid minerals.

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Group 1 - Elements
Native Gold1.AA.05Au
Native Sulphur1.CC.05S8
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
Acanthite2.BA.35Ag2S
Metacinnabar2.CB.05aHgS
Cinnabar2.CD.15aHgS
Pyrite2.EB.05aFeS2
Group 3 - Halides
Chlorargyrite3.AA.15AgCl
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
Quartz4.DA.05SiO2
Unclassified
'Limonite'-

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