The Tip Top is a copper and silver mine located in San Bernardino county, California.
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Tip Top MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Tip Top
Secondary: Sunshine Copper
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Location
State: California
County: San Bernardino
District: Lava Bed
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: OVER 30 % CU AND 15 OZ. AG
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Production): OPENED IN 1890 AS A SILVER MINE. POCKETS OF HIGHGRADE COPPER ORE LATER MINED. TOTAL PRODUCTION UNDETERMINED BUT OVER 70,000 OZ OF AG PRIOR TO 1900 . IDLED SINCE.
Comment (Deposit): COPPER MINERALS ON FOOTWALL SIDE OF FAULT ZONE.
Comment (Workings): SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET OF WORKINGS ON 4 LEVELS
References
Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W. B. AND SAMPSON, R. J., 1931 , LOS ANGELES FIELD DIVISION; 27TH REPT. STATE MINERALOGIST; CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 358
Reference (Deposit): WRIGHT, L. A., ETAL, 1953 , MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 49 , NO 1 & 2 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 20 (AP.)
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