The Northwest Willys Group is a mine located in Lyon county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Northwest Willys Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Northwest Willys Group
Commodity
Tertiary: Uranium
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lyon
District: Washington District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1950
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SULFIDE-BEARING POD CONTAINS 0.03% U3O8
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): UTM LOCATION APPROXIMATE
Comment (Deposit): PODS IN QUARTZ VEIN
Comment (Workings): 2 BULLDOZER CUTS, 2 PITS
Comment (Geology): TWO QUARTZ VEINS CUT GRANITE. ONE VEIN STRIKES N55E AND DIPS 75 DEGREES NW, HAS AN AVERAGE WIDTH OF 1 FT. AND IS EXPOSED ON THE SURFACE FOR 250 FT. THIS VEIN CONTAINS A POD OF PYRITE, CHALCOPYRITE, GALENA, LIMONITE, QUARTZ, AND COPPER OXIDES, AND HAS THE HIGHEST RADIOACTIVITY ON THE NORTHWEST WILLY CLAIMS. THE SECOND VEIN STRIKES N85E AND DIPS 70SE, AVERAGES 3 FT. IN WIDTH AND CAN BE TRACED FOR 300 FT. IT IS COMPOSED OF QUARTZ WITH A LITTLE GREEN-COPPER STAIN AT ONE PLACE
Comment (Deposit): LOCATED IN 1950. MINE DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF TWO BULLDOZER CUTS AND TWO PROSPECT PITS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): MOORE, 1969, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LYON, DOUGLAS, & ORMSBY COUNTIES, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 75
Reference (Deposit): GARSIDE, 1973, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES IN NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 81
Reference (Deposit): STAATZ & BAUER, 1953, URANIUM IN THE EAST WALKER RIVER AREA, LYON COUNTY, NEVADA; USGS BULL. 988-C
Reference (Deposit): STAATZ & BAUER, 1954, WASHINGTON DISTRICT; IN RADIOACTIVE DEPOSITS OF NEVADA; USGS BULL. 1009-C
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
