The Tip Top Mine is a mercury mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,121 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,121 Feet (1,256 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 36.90417, -116.65417
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Tip Top Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Tip Top Mine
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Fluorine District
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
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: Mrs. Emily F. Harvey Beatty, Nv., Dr. A. Blenstrub Of New York City, N.Y.
Years: 1943 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: In Lower Plate Of Low Angle Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Early Devonian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Comments
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 100 FT ADIT WITH AN INCLINED WINZE, AND SEVERAL SHALLOW-OPEN CUTS.
Comment (Location): 600 FT N OF HARVEY PROPERTY
Comment (Reserve-Resource): VERY SMALL RESERVES
Comment (Production): "IT IS SAID THAT ABOUT 100 FLASKS WERE PRODUCED," HOLMES
Comment (Deposit): WORKINGS INACCESSIBLE BELOW 40 FT
References
Reference (Deposit): 5) CORNWALL AND KLEINHAMPL, 1961, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BARE MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, NEVADA: USGS MAP GQ - 157.
Reference (Deposit): 6) CORNWALL AND KLEINHAMPL, 1964, GEOLOGY OF BULLFROG QUADRANGLE AND ORE DEPOSITS RELATED TO BULLFROG HILLS CALDERA, NYE COUNTY, NEVADA, AND INYO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: USGS P. P. 454 - J.
Reference (Production): HOLMES
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E. H., U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E. H., AND PHOENIX, D. A., 1944, QUICKSILVERDEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41, P. 144.
Reference (Deposit): CORNWALL, 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 77
Reference (Deposit): HOLMES, 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA: IN USBM IC 8252.
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
