Mine detail: Tip Top Mine

Previously called 'NBMG Sample Site 2673'

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Location

Lat / long:

40.27212, -117.58845

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury
Ore:	Cinnabar
Gangue:	Calcite, Limonite, Quartz
Discovery year:	1958

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Panther Canyon;Natchez Pass
Host type:	Shale,Limestone
Alteration processes:	Silicification Along Fault Zone; Kaolinized Shale

References

MRDS	M055409
DEP	10040584
Reference	{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6/19/85}{Deposit:: NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3}{Deposit:: BAILEY, E. H., RYTUBA, J. J. AND JONES, R. B., 1984, UNPUBLISHED DATA ON NEVADA MERCURY DEPOSITS}{Deposit:: BURKE, D. B., 1972, USGS OFR 77-141}
Reporter	Gassaway, Judith S., La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.), Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.)