Mine detail: Tip Top Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 40.45855, -112.34052

Resource(M)

Primary: Lead, Silver
Secondary: Copper, Gold, Zinc
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Malachite, Sphalerite
Orebody form: TABULAR

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Replacement
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:Oquirrh
Host type:Quartzite
Structure:District Is Between Ophir Anticline To West And Pole Canyon Syncline To East
Tectonic:Basin And Range
Alteration processes:Oxidation Occurred To 700 Ft. Level

References

MRDSDC12148
DEP10020001
Reference{Deposit:: GILLULY, J., 1932, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE STOCKTON AND FAIRFIELD QUADRANGLES, UTAH: USGS PROF. PA., P. 164-165.}{Deposit:: BUTLER, B.S., ET. AL., 1920, ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. 111, P. 364, 368.}{Deposit:: USBM, 1925, MINERAL YEARBOOK OF THE UNITED STATES.}{Production:: GILLULY, J., P. 164.}
ReporterTripp, Bryce T.