Nevada · Lyon County
Occurrence

West Willys

Lyon County, Nevada, United States
UraniumSilverCopper
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Commodities
TertiaryUranium, Silver, Copper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formPODS, THIN LAYERS
Ore controlRadioactivity Associated With Pods/Layers Of Sulfide Minerals In Qtz. Veins Which Cut Monzonite
Materials
Ore mineralsArgentite, Chalcocite, Chrysocolla, Pitchblende, Torbernite
GangueBarite, Epidote, Galena
Geology
Host rockMonzonite
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10095386
MRDS IDM035807
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates38.50881, -118.98041
References
MOORE, J. G., 1969 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LYON, DOUGLAS, ORMSBY CO., NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 75 , PLATE 2 .GARSIDE, L. J., 1973 , RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURENCES IN NEVADA, NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULL. 81 .