The Tip Top Mine is a manganese mine located in Utah county, Utah at an elevation of 6,499 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,499 Feet (1,981 Meters)
Commodity: Manganese
Lat, Long: 39.97444, -112.07028
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Tip Top Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Tip Top Mine
Secondary: Chief Consolidated Mining Co.
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Tertiary: Beryllium
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Utah
County: Utah
District: East Tintic District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Chief Consolidated Mining Co.
Home Office: New York, Ny.
Production
Year: 1940
Time Period: 1916 - 40
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^25 - 30 % Mn
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR POD, NODULES AND STREAKS
Structure
Type: L
Description: North Trending Vertical Faults; Pebble Dikes; Fold Thrust Fault.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Meta-Argillite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Middle Cambrian
Name: Meta-Argillite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 1916 - 40 , MN RANGES FROM 20 - 44 % CHEM. ANALYSIS IN 1966 GAVE 0.02 % BEO
Materials
Ore: Psilomelane
Ore: Wad
Ore: Pyrolusite
Gangue: Kaolin
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A CURVING ADIT, A SHORT SHAFT, AND AN OPEN CUT.
Comment (Commodity): ORE IS VUGGY, LOOSE, AND FRIABLE.
Comment (Development): TWO DIAMOND DRILL HOLES WERE MADE IN 1950 AND 1954.
References
Reference (Deposit): MEEVES, H. C., 1966 , NON-PEGMATITE BERYLLIUM OCCURRENCES IN ARIZONA, COLORADO, NEW MEXICO, UTAH, AND 4 OTHER STATES: USBM REPT OF INVEST. 6828 , P. 66
Reference (Deposit): MORRIS,H.T. & LOVERING,T.S., 1979, GENERAL GEOLOGY AND MINES OF THE EAST TINTIC MINING DISTRICT: USGS PROF. PAPER 1024, P. 180-182.
Reference (Production): USGS BULL 979 - A
Reference (Deposit): PARDEE, J. T., 1921 , DEP OF MN IN MONT., UTAH, ORE., AND WASH: USGS BULL 725 - C, P. 208
Reference (Deposit): CRITTENDEN, M. D., JR., 1951 , MANGANESE DEP OF W. UTAH: USGS BULL 979 - A, P. 49
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