Hot Springs on East Walker (updated 2004)

Unnamed hot springs on East Walker River are located in the SW¼ SE¼ Sec. 4, T7N, R27E in southern Lyon County, are about 43°C and are reportedly slightly radioactive (possibly due to radon in the water). The spring is in the vicinity of several uranium occurrences (Davis, 1954). Stearns and others (1937) reported two springs and a public bathing area.

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