Mine detail: Tip Top Mine

Previously called 'NBMG Sample Site 2673'

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Location: Pershing County, Nevada, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.27212, -117.58845
dep_id: 10040584
mrds_id: M055409
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Mercury
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Cinnabar
gangue: Calcite, Limonite, Quartz
model: 177: Hot-spring Hg
alteration: Silicification Along Fault Zone; Kaolinized Shale
ore_ctrl: Fault Zone
Reporter: Gassaway, Judith S., La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.), Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.)
hrock_unit: Panther Canyon;Natchez Pass
hrock_type: Shale,Limestone
disc_yr: 1958
discr: L. E. Carlton And Others
References:
  • Deposit:: JOHNSON, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. (IN PRESS)
  • Deposit:: TINGLEY, J. V., 1985, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION 6/19/85
  • Deposit:: NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3
  • Deposit:: BAILEY, E. H., RYTUBA, J. J. AND JONES, R. B., 1984, UNPUBLISHED DATA ON NEVADA MERCURY DEPOSITS
  • Deposit:: BURKE, D. B., 1972, USGS OFR 77-141
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