The Tip Top Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Mineral county, Nevada at an elevation of 8,799 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,799 Feet (2,682 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 37.93, -118.30278
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Tip Top Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Tip Top Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Buena Vista 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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1918
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LINEAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): TWO VEINS NEAR CONTACT OF ANDESITE WITH THYOLITE (BOTH TERTIARY AND PRESUMABLY POST-ESMERALDA) WERE MINED FOR GOLD AND SILVER.
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
References
Reference (Deposit): ROSS, D.C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OP MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADO: NBMG BULL. 58.
Reference (Deposit): LINCOLN, F.C., 1923, MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OP NEVADA: RENO, NEVADA NEWSLETTER PUBLISHING CO, P. 137-157.
Reference (Production): ROSS, D.C., 1961, TABLE 6.2
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.
