Mine detail: Tip Top Mine

Previously called 'Gold Hit Mine, Patent Survey #2618Red Top Claims 1-4'

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Location

Lat / long:

37.92854, -118.30483

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Secondary:	Silver
Ore:	Iron
Gangue:	Chlorite, Quartz
Orebody form:	TABULAR (LINEAR)
Other material:	Pyrite
Discovery year:	1915

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1915
Last production ended:	1918

Geology

Host type:	Rhyolite
Associated type:	Quartz Latite
Tectonic:	Basin & Range
Alteration processes:	Silicification, Chloritization, Pyritization (Propylitic Alteration); Kaolinization

References

MRDS	M242132
DEP	10046905
Reference	{Deposit:: LINCOLN, F.C., 1923, MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA; NEVADA NEWSLETTER PUBLISHING CO.}{Deposit:: MILS, 1979, USBM}{Deposit:: SNYDER, B.M., 1940, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON PROPERTIES OF RED TOP MINING CO., ESMERALDA CO., NEVADA; ON FILE AT N.B.M.G., (89) ITEM 1}{Deposit:: TINGLEY, J.V., 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION ON 13 AUGUST, 1982.}{Deposit:: ROSS, D.C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL CO., NV., NBMG BULL 58}{Production:: LINCOLN, F.C., 1923, P. 140.}
Reporter	La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.)