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Red Top Mine

Past Producer in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodity Pumice
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10140651
MAS/MILS ID 0060711808
Record type Site
Current site name Red Top Mine
Alternate or previous names Red Top Flat Mine, Malpais Crater, Pitkin Cinder Cone, Lucerne Valley Cinder Co., Redtop Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -116.61756, 34.68692 (WGS84)
Elevation 1402
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Silver Bell Mine(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Newberry Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Bernardino(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mojave(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 CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California San Bernardino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 007 N 003 E 24 NWNE California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Pumice Primary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -116.61756, 34.68692
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Robert Dolly And Other; Sierra Aggregate Co.-Operator
    Interest 100
    Home office California
    Year 1984
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Sierra Aggregate Co.
    Interest 100
    Home office California
    Year 1990

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, VOL. III-

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, P. 181.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 36-85, 1985, TABLE 1,

  • Deposit

    NO. 7, P. 16.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. SPECIAL PUBLICATION 103, 1990.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 24-JUN-1993 Kuizon, Lucy U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusActive since 04/01/2025
MSHA mine ID0404707
Mine name (MSHA)RED TOP MINE
Current operatorSierra Aggregate Company, Inc.
Current controller (parent)Derek Norris; Scott Worley
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

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