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Tip Top Mine

Past Producer in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098457
MRDS ID M055461
Record type Site
Current site name Tip Top Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.3065, 37.93021 (WGS84)
Elevation 2658
Relative position 0.3 MILES SOUTH OF SUGARLOAF PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Montgomery(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Benton Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mariposa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Crowley Lake(hydrologic unit)

Mono-Owens Lakes(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Inyo National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 001N 033E 21 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP. BORDER PROBLEMS WITH MINERAL COUNTY. MINE MAYBE IN MINERAL COUNTY.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Mercury Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.3065, 37.93021
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Buena Vista District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Louisiana Cons. M. Co.
    First year 1923

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCED $130,000 UP TO 1918. IDLE OPEN PIT IN 1968.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 304.8M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF ADITS AND AN OPEN PIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GALLAGHER, M. J., 1968, NEVADA MINES, MILLS, AND SMELTERS - IN OPERATION AS OF JULY 1, 1968: STATE INSPECTOR OF MINES, CARSON CITY, NEVADA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1976 Gassaway, Judith S. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1981 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.