Mine detail: Tip Top Mine

Previously called ''

<< Back to the map

Location

Lat / long: 43.41549, -114.46201

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Zinc, Copper, Lead
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Malachite, Sphalerite
Gangue: Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz
Discovery year: 1887

Production

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

Geology

Host type:Quartz Monzonite
Associated rock:Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite
Associated type:Quartz Monzonite
Alteration processes:Iron - Oxide Stains

References

MRDSW013813
DEP10070743
Reference{Deposit:: ANDERSON, A. L., AND WAGNER, W. R., 1946, A GEOLOGIC RECONNAISSANCE OF THE HAILEY GOLD BELT (CAMAS DISTRICT), BLAINE COUNTY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 76, 26 P.}{Deposit:: JACOBS, M. H., 1902, REPORT OF THE MINING DISTRICTS OF IDAHO FOR THE YEAR 1901.}{Deposit:: 1902 COMPILE STATE MINE INSPECTO* REPT. FOR 1901}{Deposit:: 1946 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 76}{Production:: ANDERSON, A.L., AND WAGNER, W.R., 1946, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 76}
ReporterEverett, Sandra E. (Miller, Pat)