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Tip Top Mine

Occurrence in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodity Mercury
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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. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040584
MRDS ID M055409
Record type Site
Current site name Tip Top Mine
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site 2673
Related records 10150457

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.58845, 40.27212 (WGS84)
Elevation 2225

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Needle Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fish Creek Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dixie Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 028N 039E 28 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR THE TOP OF A SHARP PEAK 1.5 MILES ENE OF EUREKAMERCURY MINE, REACHED BY A VERY STEEP 4WD ROAD THAT BRANCHES F-ROM THE ACCESS ROAD TO THE EUREKA DEPOSIT.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Calcite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification Along Fault Zone; Kaolinized Shale

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 2673 IS A DUMP SAMPLE OF JASPEROID AND GOSSAN

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 177
USGS model code 27a
Deposit model name Hot-spring Hg

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Panther Canyon;Natchez Pass
    Rock description Panther Canyon;Natchez Pass

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.58845, 40.27212
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N80E-N60E
    Dip 70NW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1958
Discoverer L. E. Carlton And Others

Mining district

District name Mount Tobin District

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUT; PROSPECT PIT ON RIDGE NE OF MINEA SINGLE ADIT WHOSE SMALL DUMP SUGGESTS LESS THAN 20O FT OF WORKINGS.

Comments on development

  • L. E. CARLTON AND OTHERS FIRST LOCATED THE CLAIMS IN 1958, BUT IN 1959, TITLE WAS OBTAINED BY J. G. BUCHANNON, WHO- DID A MODEST AMOUNT OF EXPLORATION THERE IN 1959 AND 1960.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. (IN PRESS)

  • Deposit

    TINGLEY, J. V., 1985, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION 6/19/85

  • Deposit

    NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3

  • Deposit

    BAILEY, E. H., RYTUBA, J. J. AND JONES, R. B., 1984, UNPUBLISHED DATA ON NEVADA MERCURY DEPOSITS

  • Deposit

    BURKE, D. B., 1972, USGS OFR 77-141

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ-CEMENTED BRECCIA ALONG N80E, 70 NW FAULT ZONE IN GREY LIMESTONE IS EXPOSED IN SMALL PROSPECT PIT ON THE RID-GE ABOVE THE MAIN PIT. AT THE PIT, THE ZONE STRIKES N60E. IN T-HE PIT, THE STRUCTURE IS ABOUT 20 FT WIDE AND CONTAINS CRUSHED- LIMESTONE, KAOLINIZED SHALE, SOME RED-BROWN JASPEROID. JASPER-OID IS LACED WITH CLEAR SILICA VEINLETS AND CONTAINS CLOTS OF -PULVURENT LIMONITE. IN FAULT ZONE, SILICIFIED QUARTZ-CEMENTED -BRECCIA. CALCITE VEINLETS, FLUORITE? IN VUGS IN BRECCIA.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1975 Gassaway, Judith S. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1986 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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