The Tip Top Mine is a tungsten mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,270 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,270 Feet (1,911 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 41.13667, -117.27944
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Tip Top Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Tip Top Mine
Secondary: Sw Part of Granite Creek Mine Area
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Potosi District; Getchell District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Getchell Mines, Inc.
Owner Name: Getchell Mines, Inc.
Production
Year: 1955
Time Period: 1954-1955
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Ave. 0.3% Wo3
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Contact Metamorphic
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: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: W skarn
Orebody
Form: TABULAR, ALONG CONTACT
Form: TABULAR, ALONG CONTACT
Structure
Type: R
Description: Folding
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Pyroxene
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): S. SIDE OF GRANITE CREEK; SE 1/4 OF SE 1/4 OF SEC 30.
Comment (Geology): GRANODIORITE CONTACT STRIKES ROUGHLY WEST TO SW, AND DIPS 60 TO 70 S TO SE. LIMESTONE IS RECRYSTALLIZED TO MARBLE, CALC-SILICATE ROCK AND TACTITE ADJACENT TO THE GRANODIORITE: TACTITE BODIES ARE DISCONTINUOUS, TABULAR, AND UP TO 400 FT. LONG, AVERAGING 4 FT. THICK. TACTITE BODIES SEEM TO BE SITUATED AT PLACES WHERE THE IGNEOUS CONTACT CLOSELY PARALLELS BEDDING IN THE LIMESTONE.
Comment (Deposit): 3 OPEN PITS MINED FROM SUMMER 1954 TO SUMMER, 1955. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Production): 37,000 TONS ORE AT 0.3% WO3 FROM OPEN PITS, 1954-1955, AS WELL AS 3400 TONS OF 0.33 TO 0.58% WO3 ORE FROM UNDERGROUND OPERATIONS
Comment (Development): IN 1951, OPEN PIT MINING OF THE TIP TOP DEPOSIT BEGAN AND CONTINUED THROUGH 1956
Comment (Workings): 3 OPEN PITS
References
Reference (Production): HOTZ, P.E. & WILLDEN, R., 1964
Reference (Deposit): STAGER, H. K., IN PREPARATION, NBMG BULL ON TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF NEVADA
Reference (Deposit): NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.
Reference (Deposit): WILLDEN, R., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEV; NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 59.
Reference (Deposit): HOTZ, P.E., AND WILLDEN, R., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE OSGOOD MOUNTAINS QUADRANGLE HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEV; U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 431.
Reference (Deposit): HOBBS, S.W., AND CLABOUGH, S.E., 1946, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF THE OSGOOD RANGE, HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA UNIV. NEV. BULL, VOL. 40, NO. 5; GEOL. & MIN. SER. NO. 44.
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.
