The West Willys is a mine located in Lyon county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,899 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 5,899 Feet (1,798 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 38.50889, -118.97944
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West Willys MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: West Willys
Commodity
Tertiary: Uranium
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lyon
District: Washington
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: PODS, THIN LAYERS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Monzonite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: VEIN SAMPLE RANGE: 0.002 TO 0.165 PERCENT U3O8
Materials
Ore: Pitchblende
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Torbernite
Gangue: Galena
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Barite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): BG. = 0.02 MR/HR.; HIGH = 0.08 MR/HR.
Comment (Workings): SEVEN ADITS, SHALLOW SHAFTS, PITS
References
Reference (Deposit): MOORE, J. G., 1969 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LYON, DOUGLAS, ORMSBY CO., NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 75 , PLATE 2 .
Reference (Deposit): GARSIDE, L. J., 1973 , RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURENCES IN NEVADA, NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULL. 81 .
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.
