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West Willys

Occurrence in Lyon county in Nevada, United States with commodities Uranium, Silver, Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095386
MRDS ID M035807
Record type Site
Current site name West Willys

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.98041, 38.50881 (WGS84)
Elevation 1798
Relative position APPROX. 19 MI. WEST OF HAWTHORNE, NEV.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lyon(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mitchell Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

East Walker(hydrologic unit)

Walker(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Wovoka Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lyon

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 008N 027E 32 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Pitchblende Ore
Torbernite Ore
Barite Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Galena Gangue

Analytical data

Result VEIN SAMPLE RANGE: 0.002 TO 0.165 PERCENT U3O8

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.98041, 38.50881
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PODS, THIN LAYERS
    Thickness 0.46M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Radioactivity Associated With Pods/Layers Of Sulfide Minerals In Qtz. Veins Which Cut Monzonite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Washington

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVEN ADITS, SHALLOW SHAFTS, PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MOORE, J. G., 1969 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LYON, DOUGLAS, ORMSBY CO., NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 75 , PLATE 2 .

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE, L. J., 1973 , RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURENCES IN NEVADA, NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULL. 81 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BG. = 0.02 MR/HR.; HIGH = 0.08 MR/HR.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1979 Fiebelkorn, J. B. (Stewart, J. H.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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