Mine detail: Red Top Mine

Previously called 'Part of Goldfield Consolidated Mines Co. After 1906'

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Location

Lat / long:

37.72023, -117.22119

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Secondary:	Silver
Tertiary:	Lead, Zinc, Copper, Antimony, Bismuth
Ore:	Bismuthinite, Famatinite, Galena, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Alunite, Kaolin, Limonite, Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form:	TABULAR TO IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1903

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Dacite,Latite
Associated type:	Dacite,Latite
Structure:	Faults; Columbia Mountain Fault; Gouge Zones
Alteration processes:	Oxidation Above 165-Ft Level; Alunitization; Silicification

References

MRDS	M241889
DEP	10046690
Reference	{Deposit:: SHAMBERGER, H.A., 1982, THE STORY OF GOLDFIELD; NEVADA HISTORICAL PRESS, CARSON CITY, NEVADA: 240 P.}{Deposit:: RANSOME, F.L., 1909, USGS PP 66, P. 202-204}{Deposit:: NBMG REPORT 33, P. 77-86.}{Production:: SHAMBERGER, H.A., 1982, P. 17B.; RANSOME, 1909, P. 202}
Reporter	La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.)