The Tip Top Mine is a mercury mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,300 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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: 7,300 Feet (2,225 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 40.27222, -117.58750
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Tip Top Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Tip Top Mine
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 2673
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Mount Tobin District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1958
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Hot-spring Hg
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification Along Fault Zone; Kaolinized Shale
Rocks
Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLE 2673 IS A DUMP SAMPLE OF JASPEROID AND GOSSAN
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Location): NEAR THE TOP OF A SHARP PEAK 1.5 MILES ENE OF EUREKAMERCURY MINE, REACHED BY A VERY STEEP 4WD ROAD THAT BRANCHES F-ROM THE ACCESS ROAD TO THE EUREKA DEPOSIT.
Comment (Development): L. E. CARLTON AND OTHERS FIRST LOCATED THE CLAIMS IN 1958, BUT IN 1959, TITLE WAS OBTAINED BY J. G. BUCHANNON, WHO- DID A MODEST AMOUNT OF EXPLORATION THERE IN 1959 AND 1960.
Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ-CEMENTED BRECCIA ALONG N80E, 70 NW FAULT ZONE IN GREY LIMESTONE IS EXPOSED IN SMALL PROSPECT PIT ON THE RID-GE ABOVE THE MAIN PIT. AT THE PIT, THE ZONE STRIKES N60E. IN T-HE PIT, THE STRUCTURE IS ABOUT 20 FT WIDE AND CONTAINS CRUSHED- LIMESTONE, KAOLINIZED SHALE, SOME RED-BROWN JASPEROID. JASPER-OID IS LACED WITH CLEAR SILICA VEINLETS AND CONTAINS CLOTS OF -PULVURENT LIMONITE. IN FAULT ZONE, SILICIFIED QUARTZ-CEMENTED -BRECCIA. CALCITE VEINLETS, FLUORITE? IN VUGS IN BRECCIA.
Comment (Workings): OPEN CUT; PROSPECT PIT ON RIDGE NE OF MINEA SINGLE ADIT WHOSE SMALL DUMP SUGGESTS LESS THAN 20O FT OF WORKINGS.
References
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. (IN PRESS)
Reference (Deposit): TINGLEY, J. V., 1985, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION 6/19/85
Reference (Deposit): NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E. H., RYTUBA, J. J. AND JONES, R. B., 1984, UNPUBLISHED DATA ON NEVADA MERCURY DEPOSITS
Reference (Deposit): BURKE, D. B., 1972, USGS OFR 77-141
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.
