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Tip Top Mine

Producer in Stanislaus county in California, United States with commodity Manganese
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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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109403
MRDS ID M020283
Record type Site
Current site name Tip Top Mine
Alternate or previous names Seagrave, Ingram Canyon
Related records 10166324

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.37463, 37.52798 (WGS84)
Relative position AT THE HEAD OF GRUMMETT CREEK ABOUT 1.5 MI. E. OF THE BUCKEYE MINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Stanislaus(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Solyo(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Stockton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Jose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Panoche-San Luis Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Stanislaus

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 005S 005E 01 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Analytical data

Result ORE GRADE ABOUT 30 PERCENT MANGANESE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert
    Rock unit name Franciscan Complex
    Rock description Franciscan Complex
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) Franciscan melange
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1.22M
    Length 102.11M
    Width 1.22M

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE HOSTED IN FRANCISCAN COMPLEX--L. TO L. ; GEOL.DESC: 3 ORE BODIES LIE IN SAME CHERT BELT AS FOUND AT BUCKEYE MINE TO THE W. 2 N. ORE BODIES ARE 600 TO 800 FT. STRATIGRAPHICALLY ABOVE S. ORE BODY. S. ORE BODY CAN BE TRACED FOR 300 FT, HAS 2 FT. AVERAGE WIDTH, AND LOW GRADE OF ABOUT 20 PERCENT. S. BODY MAY BE SEPARATED FROM OTHER 2 BODIES BY A FAULT. MIDDLE ORE BODY CAN BE TRACED FOR 200 FT, AVERAGE 4 FT. IN THICKNESS, AND RUNS ABOUT 40 PERCENT. N. BODY IS PROBABLY ABOUT 335 FT. LONG, AVERAGE 2 FT. IN WIDTH, UP TO 4 FT., AND GRADE 30 TO 40 PERCENT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 152 1950 P. 298

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 125 1943 P. 192

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1978 Killman, K.; Albers, J. U.S. Geological Survey

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