| Deposit ID | 10046905 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M242132 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Tip Top Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Red Top Claims 1-4, Gold Hit Mine, Patent Survey #2618 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -118.30483, 37.92854 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2658 |
| Relative position | 7 MILES BY ROAD SOUTH OF MOUNT MONTGOMERY STATION ON OLD NARROW GAUGE RAILROAD. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Esmeralda(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Mount Montgomery(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Benton Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Mariposa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Crowley Lake(hydrologic unit)
Mono-Owens Lakes(hydrologic accounting unit)
Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)
California(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Inyo National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Esmeralda |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 001N | 033E | 21 . | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Iron | Ore |
| Chlorite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Unknown |
| Result | SILVER VALUES ARE LOW |
|---|---|
| Result | GENERALLY 2-5% OF THE GOLD VALUES |
| Model code | 150 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 25c |
| Deposit model name | Epithermal vein, Comstock |
| Mark3 model number | 16 |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite |
| (1) | -118.30483, 37.92854 |
|---|
| General form | TABULAR (LINEAR) |
|---|---|
| Strike | A LITTLE EAST OF NORTH; N-S TO N 10 W |
| Dip | 50-65 E |
| General form | TABULAR (LINEAR) |
|---|---|
| Dip | 50-65 E |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1915 |
| Year of first production | 1915 |
| Year of last production | 1918 |
| District name | Fish Lake Valley District |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Louisiana Consolidated Mining Co., N. Y. C. ; Cor Dex Co., |
| First year | 1923 |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 304.8M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M242132 |
LINCOLN, F.C., 1923, MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA; NEVADA NEWSLETTER PUBLISHING CO.
MILS, 1979, USBM
SNYDER, B.M., 1940, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON PROPERTIES OF RED TOP MINING CO., ESMERALDA CO., NEVADA; ON FILE AT N.B.M.G., (89) ITEM 1
TINGLEY, J.V., 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION ON 13 AUGUST, 1982.
ROSS, D.C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL CO., NV., NBMG BULL 58
LINCOLN, F.C., 1923, P. 140.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | 2 VEINS; LAMELLAR QUARTZ, BANDED, WITH FINE-GRAINED BLACK SULFIDES AS THIN CRUSTIFICATIONS. WALL ROCK IS SILICIFIED, BRECCIATED LATITE. VEIN OUTCROP ON RIDGE IS HIGHLY SILICIFIED; SHEETING AND VEINING ALONG N 30 E STRUCTURE |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-AUG-1981 | La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology |
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