Wilson District

Wilson District is a producer of gold, silver in Lyon County, Nevada, in USGS's large output class. USGS records production from 1869. It is one of 93 historic gold producers USGS lists in Lyon County, and number 1 when they are sorted by output class.

Facts

USGS status
Producer
Output class
large (USGS class)
Commodities
Gold, Silver
Production years
from 1869
Discovered
1866
County
Lyon County
State
Nevada
Land status (BLM data)
Federal land in a US Forest Service national forest or grassland
USGS record
60001662

Source: USGS Mineral Resources Data System (retrieved 2026-10-13). The database was last updated around 2011, positions can be approximate, and "producer" does not mean a mine is operating today. "Output class" is a code whose meaning changed over the years, so compare sites inside this data and do not read it as tonnage.

This location is mapped as federal land. Public land is not an invitation to enter old workings. Ask the managing agency about access, claims and closures.

Gold sites nearby

16 other USGS gold sites within 12 miles. The Lyon County page lists the biggest.