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Red Top Mine

Past Producer in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Antimony, Bismuth
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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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Controls for ore emplacement
  15. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  16. Mining district
  17. Land status
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046690
MRDS ID M241889
Record type Site
Current site name Red Top Mine
Alternate or previous names Part of Goldfield Consolidated Mines Co. After 1906

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.22119, 37.72023 (WGS84)
Elevation 1737
Relative position ABOUT 0.6 MILE S 30 E FROM PEAK OF COLUMBIA MTN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ralston-Stone Cabin Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 002S 42E 36 NE OF NW OF SW. Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • BETWEEN MOHAWK CLAIMS AND THE LAGUNA GROUP CLAIMS . UTM IS TO MAIN SHAFT ON THE CLAIM.. UTM IS TO A SHAFT ON THW PROPERTY ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Bismuth Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bismuthinite Ore
Famatinite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Alunite Gangue
Kaolin Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation Above 165-Ft Level; Alunitization; Silicification

Analytical data

Result SOME ORE ASSAYED IN 1908 YIELDED 42.1 OZ AU/TON
Result 34.5 OZ. AG/TON
Result 5% CU
Result 12.5% PB

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 154
USGS model code 25e
Deposit model name Epithermal quartz-alunite Au
Mark3 model number 38

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Chronological age 21.25
    Dating method K-Ar
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Chronological age 21.25
    Dating method K-Ar
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Chronological age 21.25
    Dating method K-Ar
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Chronological age 21.25
    Dating method K-Ar

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.22119, 37.72023
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults; Columbia Mountain Fault; Gouge Zones

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR TO IRREGULAR
    Strike NNW-N20W
    Dip 40-50 E
    Length 91.44M
    Width 45.72M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Sheeting, Brecciation; Caldera Ring Fracture Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1903
Discoverer Charles Taylor, Of Tonopah, Grubstaked By George Kernick And George Mcclelland.

Mining district

District name Goldfield District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • CONSOLIDATED RED TOP LEASE PRODUCED $150,000 WORTH OF ORE 1904-1908.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 100.58M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT TO 330 FT WITH LEVELS AT 50, 100, 165, 260 AND 330 FT (1908), STOPES

Comments on development

  • MAIN ORE SHOOT WAS OPENED UP IN 1905 BY RED TOP MINING CO. CONTROLLING INTEREST WAS BOUGHT BY WINGFIELD AND ASSOCS. IN 1906, IN FORMING GOLDFIELD CONSOLIDATED MINES CO.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SHAMBERGER, H.A., 1982, THE STORY OF GOLDFIELD; NEVADA HISTORICAL PRESS, CARSON CITY, NEVADA: 240 P.

  • Deposit

    RANSOME, F.L., 1909, USGS PP 66, P. 202-204

  • Deposit

    NBMG REPORT 33, P. 77-86.

  • Production

    SHAMBERGER, H.A., 1982, P. 17B.; RANSOME, 1909, P. 202

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEVERAL CLOSELY SPACED PARALLEL MINERALIZED ZONES BOUNDED BY GOUGE ZONES. PAY SHOOT IS IRREGULAR IN SHAPE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1982 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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