Mine detail: Tip Top Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 35.98727, -105.83779

Resource(N)

Primary: Mica
Ore: Mica
Gangue: Garnet, Quartz
Orebody form: OTHER: DIKE
Discovery year: 1955

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1956
Last production ended: 1957

Geology

Host type:Pegmatite
Associated type:Pegmatite
Structure:Pegmatite Dikes
Tectonic:Sangre De Cristo Uplift

References

MRDSD011786
DEP10014818
Reference{Deposit:: REDMON, D.E., 1961, USBM IC 8013, P. 60-61}{Deposit:: USGS, ET AL., 1980, USGS OFR 80-382, P. 99.}{Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA}{Production:: REDMON, D.E., 1961, USBM IC 8013, P. 61}
ReporterMurray, Diane