Szywala Claims

The Szywala Claims is a iron mine located in Lincoln county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,050 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Szywala Claims
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 1742

Commodity

Primary: Iron
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Manganese

Location

State: Nevada
County: Lincoln
District: Delamar District

Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: Ted Szywala, C/O Parkway Dev. Co.,
Home Office: 9950 W. Lawrence, Schiller Park, Ill.
Years: 1980 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1980
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation

Rocks

Name: Silt
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: SAMPLE 1742 CONTAINS 15% FE, GREATER THAN 20% CA, 2000 PPM MN, 7 PPM AG, 200 PPM PB, 200 PPM SR.

Materials

Gangue: Calcite
Unknown: Pyrite

Comments

Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Comment (Development): NO ACTIVITY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN SEPT. 1983, BUT PROPERTY WAS STAKED

Comment (Deposit): MOST OF DUMP ROCK IS COMPOSED OF GRAY OR REDDISH LIMESTONE WITH HEMATITE(?)-FILLED GIRVANELLA ALGALOOVIDS. SOME OF THE ROCKS ARE BRECCIATED OR DISPLAY SILICA-CEMENTED FINE BRECCIA ZONES. OTHER LIMESTONE BRECCIA ON THE DUMP IS CEMENTED BY WHITE CALCITE. THE PRESENCE OF BRECCIA SLICKENSIDES INDICATES THAT THE ADIT FOLLOWS OR INTERCEPTS A FAULT ZONE, ALTHOUGH NO SUCH STRUCTURE IS OBVIOUS AT PORTAL. SAMPLE 1742 CONSISTS OF A FINE LIMESTONE BRECCIA CEMENTED WITH WHITE CALCITE WHICH CARRIES SCATTERED CRYSTALS OF OXIDIZED PYRITE. THE ROCKS SHOW SOME HEMATITE STAINING ALSO.?

Comment (Workings): ONE N45E ADIT IN LIMESTONE

Comment (Geology): PINK IRON STAINS AND WHITE, CALCITE-CLAY COAT BEDDING PLANE SURFACES

References

Reference (Deposit): BENTZ, J. AND SMITH, P., 1983, FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT OF SEPT. 22, 1983

Reference (Deposit): TSCHANZ, C.M. AND PAMPEYAN, E.H., 1970, NBMG BULL 73.

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.