The Iron Cap Claim is a silver and lead mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,201 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,201 Feet (1,890 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 38.09667, -115.55722
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Iron Cap Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Iron Cap Claim
Secondary: Roadside Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Manganese
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Willow Creek District
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Maroon, Roy
Home Office: Tonopah
Years: 1951 -
Production
Year: 1939
Time Period: 1938-1939
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Dump Rock Averaging 13 Oz Ag, 26% Fe, 15% Mn
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1918
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Quinn Canyon Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic replacement
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Anticline
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SELECTED GRAB SAMPLE FROM DUMP CONTAINED 500 PPM AG,<500 PPM AS, 150 PPM CR, 1% PB, >1% MN, 0.5% ZN.
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT IS AN FE-MN GOSSAN, AN OXIDIZED SIDERITIC FERROMANGANESE MIXTURE WITH SILVER OCCURRING IN GALENA.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF AN INCLINE SHAFT 100 FT DEEP WITH TWO LEVELS, A SHORT ADIT, AND SEVERAL TRENCHES.
Comment (Geology): LIMESTONE IS CONTORTED AND LOCALLY BRECCIATED AND BLEACHED.
Comment (Development): THIS MAY HAVE BEEN THE FIRST MINERAL DISCOVERY IN THE SHARP AREA OF THE DISTRICT. IT WAS RELOCATED BY CHARLES SHIELDS IN 1958.
References
Reference (Deposit): KRAL, VE, 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NBMG BULL. 50, P. 216-217
Reference (Deposit): KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I.,GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE COUNTY; NBMG BULL (IN PRESS)
Reference (Production): KRAL, 1951, P. 216.
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
