| Deposit ID | 10070444 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W013384 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Tip Top Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Abbot, Bretz, Farmers Mine, New Year, Emma |
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.14702, 46.20906 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2210 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 18 KM WEST OF ANACONDA |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Deer Lodge(county)
Montana(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Silver Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Philipsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper Clark Fork(hydrologic unit)
Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)
Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)
Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Montana | Deer Lodge |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montana Principal | 005N | 012W | 06 | Montana |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Copper | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Tungsten Critical | Secondary |
| Antimony Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Scheelite | Ore |
| Tetrahedrite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | 3 TO 5 FOOT SAMPLE LENGTH SHOW 0.01 TO 0.7% WO3 |
|---|---|
| Result | 0.05 TO 0.5% CU |
| Result | 0.4 TO 15 OZ/ST AG |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone | ||||
| Rock unit name | Hasmark Formation | ||||
| Rock description | Hasmark Formationt | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -113.14702, 46.20906 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Phillipsburg Batholith; Phillipsburg Overthrust |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Shear Zone, 2 - 3 M Wide Strikes N 45 W, Dips 55 Ne, Long, Narrow, North - Trending Hoist Of Hasmark Limestone |
| General form | LENSES |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 50 W |
| Dip | 55 NE |
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1875 |
| District name | Johnson Basin District |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Tip Top Mining Co., |
| Home office | 700 Griffith St., Las Vegas, Nv. |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Union Bank And Trust Co., |
| Home office | Helena, Mont. |
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 100M |
| Overall depth | 50M |
| Overall length | 45.72M |
| Overall width | 20M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W013384 |
MBMG BULL 84, P. 22, 24, 26.
USBM REP INVES 5612, P. 43-48.
USGS PP 78, P. 244-45.
MBMG BULL 14, P. 11.
USGS-USBM MINERAL YEARBOOKS 1954-1957
WALKER, USBM RI 5612; EARLL, MBMG BULL. 84USGS-USBM YEARBOOKS 1954-1957.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | QUARTZ LENSES IN A SHEAR ZONE THAT IS 5-10 FT WIDE AND FOLLOWS BEDDING PLANE OF THE LIMESTONE. MINOR AMOUNTS OF SCHEELITE ALSO OCCUR IN SMALL QUARTZ STRINGERS THAT CROSS THE SHEAR ZONE AND AS DISSEMINATED CRYSTALS IN QUARTZ-FREE DOLOMITE. |
| Deposit | Discovery Year: 1870'S |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAR-1976 | Krohn, Douglas H. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-NOV-1980 | Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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