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Far West Willys

Occurrence in Lyon county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Uranium
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037650
MRDS ID M035806
Record type Site
Current site name Far West Willys

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.9968, 38.49159 (WGS84)
Elevation 1798
Relative position APPROX. 19 MI W - SW HAWTHORNE NEV., NW OF EAST WALKER RIVER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lyon(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ninemile Ranch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Excelsior Mountains(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 007N 027E 06 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Uranium Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.9968, 38.49159
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Qtz. Vein Cuts Monzonite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Washington

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

    STAATZ, BAUER, 1953 , URANIUM IN THE EAST WALKER RIVER AREA, LYON CO., NEV., USGS BULL. 988-C, P. 29 - 43 .

Reporter information

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

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