Northwest Willys Group

The Northwest Willys Group is a mine located in Lyon county, Nevada.

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

Name: Northwest Willys Group  

State:  Nevada

County:  Lyon

Elevation:

Commodity:

Lat, Long: 38.52306, -118.98389

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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

Gold Districts of Nevada

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