Tip Top Mine Group

Past Producer in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10186571
MRDS ID M050159
MAS/MILS ID 0040190428
Record type Site
Current site name Tip Top Mine Group
Alternate or previous names Little Helvetia Mine, Copper Duke Mine
Related records 10039490

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -110.79988, 31.87323 (WGS84)
Elevation 1182
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Helvetia(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fort Huachuca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Santa Cruz(hydrologic unit)

Santa Cruz(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 018 S 015 E 15 SENENW Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -110.79988, 31.87323

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Military Reservation

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Tip Top Mining Co
  • Type Unknown
    Owner D. And P Mining Co
    Year 1936

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    S B KEITH ARIZ BUR MINES BULL 189 P129

  • Deposit

    USGS SAHUARITA QUADRANGLE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-NOV-83 ADMR U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.