The Red Top Mine is a gold mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,699 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,699 Feet (1,737 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 37.72028, -117.22028
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Red Top Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Red Top Mine
Secondary: Part of Goldfield Consolidated Mines Co. After 1906
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Antimony
Tertiary: Bismuth
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Goldfield District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
Discovery Year: 1903
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Epithermal quartz-alunite Au
Orebody
Form: TABULAR TO IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Faults; Columbia Mountain Fault; Gouge Zones
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation Above 165-Ft Level; Alunitization; Silicification
Rocks
Name: Latite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age in Years: 21.250000+-0.750000
Dating Method: K-Ar
Age Young: Miocene
Name: Dacite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age in Years: 21.250000+-0.750000
Dating Method: K-Ar
Age Young: Miocene
Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age in Years: 21.250000+-0.750000
Dating Method: K-Ar
Age Young: Miocene
Name: Dacite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age in Years: 21.250000+-0.750000
Dating Method: K-Ar
Age Young: Miocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 12.5% PB
Analytical Data: 5% CU
Analytical Data: 34.5 OZ. AG/TON
Analytical Data: SOME ORE ASSAYED IN 1908 YIELDED 42.1 OZ AU/TON
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Bismuthinite
Ore: Famatinite
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Alunite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Kaolin
Comments
Comment (Development): MAIN ORE SHOOT WAS OPENED UP IN 1905 BY RED TOP MINING CO. CONTROLLING INTEREST WAS BOUGHT BY WINGFIELD AND ASSOCS. IN 1906, IN FORMING GOLDFIELD CONSOLIDATED MINES CO.
Comment (Workings): SHAFT TO 330 FT WITH LEVELS AT 50, 100, 165, 260 AND 330 FT (1908), STOPES
Comment (Location): BETWEEN MOHAWK CLAIMS AND THE LAGUNA GROUP CLAIMS . UTM IS TO MAIN SHAFT ON THE CLAIM.. UTM IS TO A SHAFT ON THW PROPERTY ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Production): CONSOLIDATED RED TOP LEASE PRODUCED $150,000 WORTH OF ORE 1904-1908.
Comment (Deposit): SEVERAL CLOSELY SPACED PARALLEL MINERALIZED ZONES BOUNDED BY GOUGE ZONES. PAY SHOOT IS IRREGULAR IN SHAPE
References
Reference (Deposit): NBMG REPORT 33, P. 77-86.
Reference (Production): SHAMBERGER, H.A., 1982, P. 17B.; RANSOME, 1909, P. 202
Reference (Deposit): SHAMBERGER, H.A., 1982, THE STORY OF GOLDFIELD; NEVADA HISTORICAL PRESS, CARSON CITY, NEVADA: 240 P.
Reference (Deposit): RANSOME, F.L., 1909, USGS PP 66, P. 202-204
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.
