| Deposit ID | 10103939 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M231339 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Gold Top Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Wrongly Labeled Red Top Mine On Topo Map. |
| Geographic coordinates: | -117.06594, 40.6149 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1783 |
| Relative position | 8 MILES WSW OF TOWN OF BATTLE MOUNTAIN |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Lander(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Galena Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Reese(hydrologic unit)
Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)
Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)
Great Basin(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Lander |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 032N | 044E | 30 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Result | ORE CONTAINING UP TO 6 OZ/TON AU HAS BEEN SELECTIVELY MINED. ONE RECORDED SHIPMENT CONTAINED 3.32 OZ AU AND 3.0 OZ AG PER TON. |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite |
| Rock unit name | Harmony Formation |
| Rock description | Harmony Formation |
| (1) | -117.06594, 40.6149 |
|---|
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | NE |
| Dip | NW |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Battle Mountain District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 91.44M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M231339 |
ROBERTS, R.J. AND ARNOLD, D.C., 1965
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | PRINCIPAL WORKING IS AN ADIT ABOUT 300 FT. LONG AND CROSS-WORKINGS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-DEC-1980 | La Pointe, D. D. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology |
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