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Red Top Mine

Past Producer in Churchill county in Nevada, United States with commodity Tungsten
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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. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10104134
MRDS ID M243111
Record type Site
Current site name Red Top Mine
Alternate or previous names Red Top Scheelite Mine, NBMG Sample Sites 3861, 3862, 3863

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.3479, 39.25991 (WGS84)
Elevation 1554

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Churchill(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Frenchman(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fallon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(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 Churchill

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 016N 032E 11,12 SW (12) Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • AT HEAD OF RED TOP CANYON, ON NORTHERN CREST OF SAND SPRINGS RANGE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 3861 FROM THE LOWER WEST WORKINGS CONTAINED 3% FE, 0.7% MG, 20% CA, 0.15% TI, 1500 PPM MN, 1 PPM BE, 15 PPM BI, 7 PPM CO, 30 PPM CR, 20 PPM CU, 20 PPM MO, 7 PPM NI, 30 PPM PB, 7 PPM SC, 20 PPM SN, 500 PPM SR, 300 PPM V, 70 PPM W, 20 PPM Y, 50 PPM ZR. SAMPLE 3862 FROM THE UPPER INCLINE TO THE NE, CONTAINS 5% FE, 1% MG, 15% CA, 0.2% TI, 2000 PPM MN, 20 PPM BA, 2 PPM BE, 20 PPM BI, 20 PPM CO, 20 PPM CR, 200 PPM CU, 30 PPM MO, 10 PPM NI, 30 PPM PB, 7 PPM SC, 30 PPM SN, 500 PPM SR, 700 PPM V, 2000 PPM W, 20 PPM Y, 200 PPM ZN, 30 PPM ZR. SAMPLE 3863 WAS TAKEN FROM THE SAME STRUCTURE ON WHAT WAS CALLED THE CBR #1 CLAIM, AND IT CONTAINED 5% FE, 1% MG, 20% CA, 0.1% TI, + 5000 PPM MN, 1 PPM BE, 10 PPM CO, 10 PPM CR, 20 PPM CU, 15 PPM MO, 10 PPM NI, 150 PPM SR, 70 PPM V, 15 PPM Y, 500 PPM ZN, 30 PPM ZR.

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
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.3479, 39.25991
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Shear Zone

Ore body information

  • Strike ENE; N 70 E
    Dip ABOUT 90; IRREGULAR
  • Strike ENE; N 70 E
    Dip ABOUT 90; IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Igneous Contact; Vertical Ene Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Sand Springs District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION YEARS WERE 1941-1947, 1952-1957.

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 SHAFTS, INCLINE, SOME TRENCHING

Comments on development

  • SEVERAL PERIODS OF PRODUCTION; NO ACTIVITY IN 1986

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STAGER, H.K., IN PREPARATION, NBMG BULL ON TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF NEVADA.

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK AND TINGLEY, J.V., 16 SEP 86, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

  • Deposit

    NBMG BULL 83, 1974, PL. 1.

  • Production

    STAGER, H.K., (IN PREP).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SCHEELITE-BEARING TACTITE OCCURS ALONG AN ALMOST E-W CONTACT ZONE BETWEEN GRAODIORITE (SOUTH) AND METAMORPHIC ROCKS (NORTH). PROSPECTING AND MINING HAVE OCCURRED ALONG A VERTICAL ENE SHEAR ZONE THAT APPEARS TO PARALLEL THE IGNEOUS CONTACT. NUMEROUS APLITE DIKES (N 60 E, 90) ARE PRESENT IN THE CONTACT AREA. MOST ORE RANGED FROM 0.5 TO 1.0% WO3. AT THE LOWER WESTERN SHAFT, THE SILICATED PORTION OF THE CONTACT ZONE IS NO MORE THAN 3-4 FT THICK AND CONSISTS OF SKARN CONTAINING EPIDOTE, GARNET AND CALCITE WITH MINOR SCHEELITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1986 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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