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Tip Top Mine

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodity Mercury
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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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040500
MRDS ID M055306
Record type Site
Current site name Tip Top Mine
Related records 10198415

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.65506, 36.90414 (WGS84)
Elevation 1256
Relative position 1.2 MILES N-NE OF MEIKLEJOHN PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Beatty Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Beatty(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Death Valley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Amargosa(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(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 012S 048E 18 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 600 FT N OF HARVEY PROPERTY

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Devonian

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description In Lower Plate Of Low Angle Fault

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike NE
    Dip STEEP TO VERTICAL
    Width 0.03M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years PRIOR TO 1940

Mining district

District name Fluorine District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mrs. Emily F. Harvey Beatty, Nv., Dr. A. Blenstrub Of New York City, N.Y.
    First year 1943

Comments on the production information

  • "IT IS SAID THAT ABOUT 100 FLASKS WERE PRODUCED," HOLMES

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • VERY SMALL RESERVES

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 100 FT ADIT WITH AN INCLINED WINZE, AND SEVERAL SHALLOW-OPEN CUTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WORKINGS INACCESSIBLE BELOW 40 FT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1975 Gassaway, Judith S. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1980 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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