Nixon, Washoe County, Nevada, United States

Alternative Names:	Nixon, Paiute Indian Agency
Type:	Populated place - a city, town, village, or other agglomeration of buildings where people live and work
Mindat.org Region:	Washoe County, Nevada, USA
Region:	Washoe County, Nevada, United States
Latitude:	39° 49' 54" N
Longitude:	119° 21' 28" W
Lat/Long (dec):	39.83185,-119.35795
Köppen climate type:	BWk : Cold desert climate
Elevation:	1,193m
Population:	374 (2011)
Mindat Feature ID:	5509298
Long-form Identifier:	mindat:2:6:5509298:6
GUID:	a1b4bd11-325f-4352-b868-77a5ae2613e7

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Locality	Latitude	Longitude	Distance
Marble Bluff Deposit, Washoe County, Nevada, USA	39° 52' 34" N	119° 23' 54" W	6.0km (3.7 miles)
Unnamed Uranium Prospect (MRDS10296215), Washoe County, Nevada, USA	39° 53' 4" N	119° 23' 5" W	6.3km (3.9 miles)
Nixon Area, Lake Range Mining District, Washoe County, Nevada, USA	39° 52' 49" N	119° 18' 53" W	6.5km (4.1 miles)
Unnamed Uranium Prospect (MRDS10296526), Washoe County, Nevada, USA	39° 50' 23" N	119° 26' 33" W	7.3km (4.5 miles)
Unnamed Prospect (MRDS10043794), Pyramid Lake, Washoe County, Nevada, USA	39° 50' 55" N	119° 26' 29" W	7.4km (4.6 miles)
Guanomi mine, Pyramid Mining District, Washoe County, Nevada, USA	39° 50' 40" N	119° 27' 16" W	8.4km (5.2 miles)
Nixon deposit, Lake Range Mining District, Washoe County, Nevada, USA	39° 54' 24" N	119° 23' 23" W	8.8km (5.4 miles)
Secret Canyon prospect, Olinghouse Mining District (White Horse Mining District), Pah Rah Range (Pah Rah Mts), Washoe County, Nevada, USA	39° 45' 53" N	119° 25' 11" W	9.1km (5.7 miles)
Unnamed Uranium Prospect (MRDS10247558), Washoe County, Nevada, USA	39° 54' 54" N	119° 23' 3" W	9.5km (5.9 miles)
Montmorillonite Deposit, Lake Range Mining District, Washoe County, Nevada, USA	39° 54' 53" N	119° 23' 37" W	9.7km (6.0 miles)
Unnamed Prospect (MRDS10150509), Nightingale Mining District, Washoe County, Nevada, USA	39° 55' 29" N	119° 18' 33" W	11.1km (6.9 miles)
Midnight Tungsten Prospect, Nightingale Mining District, Washoe County, Nevada, USA	39° 55' 46" N	119° 18' 31" W	11.7km (7.2 miles)
Unknown Tungsten, Nightingale Mining District, Washoe County, Nevada, USA	39° 54' 3" N	119° 15' 18" W	11.7km (7.2 miles)
Keystone, Nightingale Mining District, Washoe County, Nevada, USA	39° 54' 8" N	119° 15' 14" W	11.8km (7.4 miles)
NBMG Sample Site 2887, Nightingale Mining District, Washoe County, Nevada, USA	39° 55' 53" N	119° 18' 5" W	12.1km (7.5 miles)
Angelia prospect, Black Warrior Peak prospects, Nightingale Mining District, Washoe County, Nevada, USA	39° 54' 12" N	119° 15' 2" W	12.1km (7.5 miles)
Midnite Prospect Mb, Nightingale Mining District, Washoe County, Nevada, USA	39° 55' 56" N	119° 18' 5" W	12.2km (7.6 miles)
White Blowout, Nightingale Mining District, Pershing County, Nevada, USA	39° 55' 59" N	119° 17' 3" W	12.9km (8.0 miles)
NBMG Sample Site 2891, Nightingale Mining District, Washoe County, Nevada, USA	39° 55' 22" N	119° 15' 47" W	13.0km (8.1 miles)
Black Warrior Peak prospects, Nightingale Mining District, Washoe County, Nevada, USA	39° 55' 0" N	119° 15' 3" W	13.1km (8.2 miles)
Crosby mine, Nightingale Mining District, Washoe County, Nevada, USA	39° 56' 14" N	119° 16' 48" W	13.5km (8.4 miles)
Gold Ridge Prospect, Nightingale Mining District, Washoe County, Nevada, USA	39° 56' 15" N	119° 16' 45" W	13.5km (8.4 miles)
Winnemucca Lake silica deposit, Nightingale Mining District, Washoe County, Nevada, USA	39° 56' 29" N	119° 17' 18" W	13.6km (8.4 miles)
Lizard claims, Coyote Canyon, Washoe County, Nevada, USA	39° 56' 25" N	119° 17' 2" W	13.6km (8.5 miles)
Quartz Prospect, Washoe County, Nevada, USA	39° 56' 25" N	119° 17' 2" W	13.6km (8.5 miles)
Myra (Stud Mine; Norris Spring No. 7), Olinghouse Mining District (White Horse Mining District), Pah Rah Range (Pah Rah Mts), Washoe County, Nevada, USA	39° 41' 49" N	119° 22' 58" W	15.1km (9.4 miles)
Unnamed Prospect (MRDS10295921), Nightingale Mining District, Washoe County, Nevada, USA	39° 57' 36" N	119° 15' 37" W	16.5km (10.3 miles)
Coyote Canyon, Washoe County, Nevada, USA	39° 57' 47" N	119° 15' 22" W	17.0km (10.6 miles)
Sloppy Weather Mine & Mill (Sloppy Weather Claims), Washoe County, Nevada, USA	39° 40' 39" N	119° 23' 13" W	17.3km (10.8 miles)
Green Hill Placers, Olinghouse Mining District (White Horse Mining District), Pah Rah Range (Pah Rah Mts), Washoe County, Nevada, USA	39° 40' 56" N	119° 24' 55" W	17.3km (10.8 miles)

Minerals recorded nearby (within 17.3 km)

Rock types recorded nearby (within 17.3 km)

Regions in mindat.org that contain this locality

Region	Type

North America Plate	Tectonic Plate
Basin and Range Basins, North America Plate	Basin
Havallah Basin, North America Plate	Basin
Shoofly-Olds Ferry Domain, North America Plate	Domain
West Nevada Permian-Triassic Basin, North America Plate	Basin
USA	Country
Lake Lahontan, USA	Lake
Nevada, USA	State
Washoe County, Nevada, USA	County

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