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Tip Top Mine

Past Producer in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodities Tungsten, Iron, Copper
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  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. Production statistics
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045093
MRDS ID M232755
Record type Site
Current site name Tip Top Mine
Alternate or previous names Sw Part of Granite Creek Mine Area

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.2804, 41.13656 (WGS84)
Elevation 1911
Relative position 38 MILES NE OF WINNEMUCCA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Adam Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Osgood Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

McDermitt(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Humboldt(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 038N 042E 30 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • S. SIDE OF GRANITE CREEK; SE 1/4 OF SE 1/4 OF SEC 30.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Iron Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Pyroxene Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 42
USGS model code 14a
Deposit model name W skarn

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Osgood Mtns. Stock
    Rock description Osgood Mtns. Stock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Preble Formation
    Rock description Preble Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.2804, 41.13656
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Folding

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR, ALONG CONTACT
    Strike N50 TO 70E
    Dip 50 TO 60SE
    Thickness 1.22M
    Length 121.92M
  • General form TABULAR, ALONG CONTACT
    Dip 50 TO 60SE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Tactite Bodiesat Limestone/Granodiorite Contact

Comments on the geologic information

  • GRANODIORITE CONTACT STRIKES ROUGHLY WEST TO SW, AND DIPS 60 TO 70 S TO SE. LIMESTONE IS RECRYSTALLIZED TO MARBLE, CALC-SILICATE ROCK AND TACTITE ADJACENT TO THE GRANODIORITE: TACTITE BODIES ARE DISCONTINUOUS, TABULAR, AND UP TO 400 FT. LONG, AVERAGING 4 FT. THICK. TACTITE BODIES SEEM TO BE SITUATED AT PLACES WHERE THE IGNEOUS CONTACT CLOSELY PARALLELS BEDDING IN THE LIMESTONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Potosi District; Getchell District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Getchell Mines, Inc.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Getchell Mines, Inc.

Production statistics

  • Year 1955
    Period 1954-1955
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Ave. 0.3% Wo3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Wo3 Ore Tungsten Tungsten 0wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • 37,000 TONS ORE AT 0.3% WO3 FROM OPEN PITS, 1954-1955, AS WELL AS 3400 TONS OF 0.33 TO 0.58% WO3 ORE FROM UNDERGROUND OPERATIONS

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 OPEN PITS

Comments on development

  • IN 1951, OPEN PIT MINING OF THE TIP TOP DEPOSIT BEGAN AND CONTINUED THROUGH 1956

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 3 OPEN PITS MINED FROM SUMMER 1954 TO SUMMER, 1955. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1981 La Pointe, D.D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-MAR-1986 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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