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Tip Top

Past Producer in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodities Copper, Silver
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10034088
MRDS ID M020786
Record type Site
Current site name Tip Top
Alternate or previous names Sunshine Copper
Related records 10218648

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.50447, 34.65308 (WGS84)
Relative position 10 MILES SOUTH OF LAVIC

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Silver Bell Mine(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Newberry Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Bernardino(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Mojave(hydrologic unit)

Southern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southern Mojave-Salton Sea(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

USMC(Federal land areas administered by USMC)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California San Bernardino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 007N;007N 004E;005E 36;31 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary

Analytical data

Result OVER 30 % CU AND 15 OZ. AG

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.50447, 34.65308
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault

Ore body information

  • Strike N 50 W
    Dip 70 NE
    Length 45.72M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Lava Bed

Comments on the production information

  • OPENED IN 1890 AS A SILVER MINE. POCKETS OF HIGHGRADE COPPER ORE LATER MINED. TOTAL PRODUCTION UNDETERMINED BUT OVER 70,000 OZ OF AG PRIOR TO 1900 . IDLED SINCE.

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET OF WORKINGS ON 4 LEVELS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W. B. AND SAMPSON, R. J., 1931 , LOS ANGELES FIELD DIVISION; 27TH REPT. STATE MINERALOGIST; CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 358

  • Deposit

    WRIGHT, L. A., ETAL, 1953 , MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 49 , NO 1 & 2 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 20 (AP.)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit COPPER MINERALS ON FOOTWALL SIDE OF FAULT ZONE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1978 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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