Tip Top Mine

Past Producer in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Copper, Gold, Zinc
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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10020001
MRDS ID DC12148
Record type Site
Current site name Tip Top Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.34052, 40.45855 (WGS84)
Elevation 1743
Relative position 6,800 FT S 88 E OF STOCKTON CEMETERY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Stockton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rush Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rush-Tooele Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 004S 004W 19 SE OF SE OF NW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Gold Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Malachite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation Occurred To 700 Ft. Level

Analytical data

Result 12% PB, .25% CU, 4 OZ./TON AG, 80 CENTS/TON AU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Oquirrh
    Rock description Oquirrh
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.34052, 40.45855

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description District Is Between Ophir Anticline To West And Pole Canyon Syncline To East

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding Roll And Fissure Intersection

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Rush Valley District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Anaconda Co.
    Home office C/O Carr Fork Project, P.O. Box 238, Tooele, Ut. 84074

Comments on the production information

  • NOTABLE PRODUCTION 1924 TO 1927, 300,000 DOLLARS

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 609.6M
    Overall depth 274.32M

Comments on the workings information

  • LENGTH OF WORKINGS EXCLUSIVE OF STOPES, ACCESS IN 1932 THROUGH HONORINE MINE CROSSCUT 400 FT TO TIP TOP

Comments on development

  • ENERGETIC DEVELOPMENT BY STOCKTON LEAD CO. AROUND 1932; TIP TOP INCLUDES CYCLONE CLAIM

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO ORE SHOOTS, PRINCIPAL ONE OCCURS AT INTERSECTION OF BEDDING ROLL IN GALENA KING BED AND A FISSURE. OTHER SHOOT IS 250 FT. EAST. SHOOTS EXTEND FROM AT LEAST 900 LEVEL POSSIBLY TO NEAR SURFACE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1982 Tripp, Bryce T. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Operator history (post-MRDS)

MRDS records operators as of each record's last update (≤ 2019). Some of the operators listed here have since changed hands or dissolved:

Curated by qvyshift.com from publicly-reported M&A activity (SEC filings, press releases, USGS Mineral Yearbooks). Not authoritative — verify against primary sources before relying on it. The MSHA panel above is the current authoritative source for actively-permitted mines.

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