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Red Top Prospect

Occurrence in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045770
MRDS ID M233591
Record type Site
Current site name Red Top Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.05898, 38.53549 (WGS84)
Elevation 2243
Relative position ABOUT 0.15 MILE S05E OF PEAK OF TORO BLANCO HILL (USLM 181)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Manhattan(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ione Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Big Smoky Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 008N 044E 20 NE OF SE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ON SOUTH SLOPE OF TORO BLANCO HILL NEAR CONSOLIDATED GULCH ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Zanzibar Limestone;Morning Glory Limestone
    Rock description Zanzibar Limestone;Morning Glory Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.05898, 38.53549
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Manhattan District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • 200 FT SHAFT WITH CROSS CUTS AND DRIFTS ON THE 110-FT LEVEL.

Comments on development

  • OPERATED DURING 1918 BOOM, BUT IT WAS ABANDONED IN 1918 DUE TO HEAVY WATER FLOW

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1982 La Pointe, D. D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

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