Tip Top Mine

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

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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.