Tiptop Prospect

Occurrence in Bear Lake county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead
Sections on this page
  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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078005
MRDS ID W026112
Record type Site
Current site name Tiptop Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.4011, 42.35462 (WGS84)
Elevation 2042
Relative position 5 MI NW OF MONTPELIER; 1.25 MI NW OF BERN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bear Lake(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ovid(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Preston(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Preston(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Bear Lake(hydrologic unit)

Lower Bear(hydrologic accounting unit)

Bear(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Bear Lake

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 012S 043E 26 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED AT HIGHEST POINT IN SECTION 26

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Iron Gangue

Analytical data

Result ORE RUNS FROM $0.70 - $20 / TON AU, AG, PB

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Garden City Limestone;Limestone
    Rock description Garden City Limestone;Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.4011, 42.35462

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Bannock Overthrust - Upper Block

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Bear Lake District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner E. A. Jonely

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 91.44M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1976 Matthews, John Y.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.