The Tip Top Mine is a copper mine located in Pima county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,199 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 4,199 Feet (1,280 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 31.86944, -110.79333
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Tip Top Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Tip Top Mine
Secondary: Little Helvetia
Secondary: Forbes
Secondary: Copper Duke
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pima
District: Helvetia - Rosemont District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Anamax Mining Co.
Production
Year: 1926
Time Period: 1904-1926
Material type: ORE CU
Description: Cp_Grade: ^5% Cu, 0.4 Oz Ag/Ton
Year: 1953
Material type: ORE CU
Description: Ap_Grade: ^6.5% Cu, 3.5% Pb, 2.8% Zn
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1899
Year Last Production: 1956
Discovery Year: 1898
Discovery Method: 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
Form: IRREGULAR POCKETS, STRINGERS, LENSES, PODS
Structure
Type: R
Description: Homoclinal ; Reg.Trends: Tilting And Broad Open Folds In S. And Extensive Faulting In N.
Type: L
Description: Thrust And Normal Faulting-Fracture Zones
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silication
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: CORES ASSAYED 0.01-0.014% MO.
Materials
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Cuprite
Gangue: Magnetite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Diopside
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THE STRATIGRAPHIC UNITS USED ARE THOSE OF H. DREWES - 1971, USGS MAP I-613. THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD D003019 BY J. WILLIAM HASLER WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Development): OPERATORS INCLUDED D & P MINING CO., FORBES, TIP TOP MINING CO.
Comment (Deposit): ORE GENERALLY IN LIME-SILICATE ZONES CONTROLLED BY FAULTS AND FRACTURES. DISTRICT IS POSSIBLY NEW PORPHYRY COPPER DEPOSIT.
Comment (Workings): SHALLOW SHAFTS, TUNNELS, OPENCUTS.
Comment (Production): NO AVAILABLE REFERENCE AT 9/28/92 TO CHECK THE CONVERSION OF UNITS FOR ANNUAL PRODUCTION FIGURES.
Comment (Geology): MAJOR.UNITS: BASIN AND RANGE ; GEOL.DESC: AGE OF MINERALIZATION BELIEVED TO BE THAT OF THE QUARTZ LATITE INTRUSIVE OF DREWES - 1971 ; REG.COM: STRUCTURE IN DISTRICT IS THRUST FAULTING AND HIGH ANGLE NORMAL FAULTING AND FOLDING
References
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C., 1915, USGS BULL. 582.
Reference (Deposit): ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES, 1971, FIELDNOTES, V.1, NO. 2.
Reference (Deposit): DREWES, H., 1971, USGS MAP I-613 (SAHUARITA QUAD).
Reference (Deposit): CREASEY, S.C., 1955, U.S.G.S. BULL 1027F.
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S.B., 1974, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 189, P. 128.
Reference (Deposit): 1909 RECON F.C. SCHRADER, U.S.G.S. BULL. 582.
Reference (Deposit): 1971 DIREXPL ANACONDA-POSSIBLE NEW PORPH CU.
Reference (Deposit): 1971 GEOLMAP H. DREWES U.S.G.S. MAP I-613.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Production): ANNUAL PRODUCTION FROM BULLETIN 582. CUM. PRODUCTION: (1) KEITH,1974, (2)ELSING,M.J.,1936, ABM BULLETIN 140.
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