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Iron Cap Claim

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Manganese, Iron
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Production statistics
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10111442
MRDS ID M231865
Record type Site
Current site name Iron Cap Claim
Alternate or previous names Roadside Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.55809, 38.09662 (WGS84)
Elevation 1890
Relative position 3 MILES SE OF ADAVEN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wadsworth Ranch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Quinn Canyon Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lund(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sand Spring-Tikaboo Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 003N 057E 27 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Manganese Critical Secondary
Iron Tertiary

Analytical data

Result SELECTED GRAB SAMPLE FROM DUMP CONTAINED 500 PPM AG,<500 PPM AS, 150 PPM CR, 1% PB, >1% MN, 0.5% ZN.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 72
USGS model code 19a
Deposit model name Polymetallic replacement
Mark3 model number 47

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Pogonip Group
    Rock description Pogonip Gp
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.55809, 38.09662
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Anticline

Ore body information

  • Strike N-S
    Dip 55W
    Length 45.72M
    Width 15.24M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures

Comments on the geologic information

  • LIMESTONE IS CONTORTED AND LOCALLY BRECCIATED AND BLEACHED.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1918
Discoverer William A. "Roadside" Smith

Mining district

District name Willow Creek District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Maroon, Roy
    Home office Tonopah
    First year 1951

Production statistics

  • Year 1939
    Period 1938-1939
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Dump Rock Averaging 13 Oz Ag, 26% Fe, 15% Mn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Iron Iron 26wt-pct
    Ore Silver Silver 411g/mt
    Ore Manganese Manganese 15wt-pct

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF AN INCLINE SHAFT 100 FT DEEP WITH TWO LEVELS, A SHORT ADIT, AND SEVERAL TRENCHES.

Comments on development

  • THIS MAY HAVE BEEN THE FIRST MINERAL DISCOVERY IN THE SHARP AREA OF THE DISTRICT. IT WAS RELOCATED BY CHARLES SHIELDS IN 1958.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KRAL, VE, 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NBMG BULL. 50, P. 216-217

  • Deposit

    KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I.,GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE COUNTY; NBMG BULL (IN PRESS)

  • Production

    KRAL, 1951, P. 216.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT IS AN FE-MN GOSSAN, AN OXIDIZED SIDERITIC FERROMANGANESE MIXTURE WITH SILVER OCCURRING IN GALENA.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1981 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1982 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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