The Tip Top Claims is a gold mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 8,301 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,301 Feet (2,530 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 37.92778, -118.30861
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Tip Top Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Tip Top Claims
Secondary: I.X.L. Claims 1-5
Secondary: Tiptop Claims?
Secondary: Brownie Mini
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Mercury
Location
State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Buena Vista (Oneota, Basalt, Or Mount Montgomery) District. Also Included In Fish Lake Valley District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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
Owner Name: Red Top Mining Co. ; Cordex
Years: 1940 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1905
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Epithermal vein, Comstock
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Iron
Gangue: Jarosite
Unknown: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): ADJACENT TO TIPTOP MINE CLAIMS (ON THE WEST SIDE) (IXL. CLAIMS 6-8 ARE IN MINERAL COUNTY) ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972
Comment (Production): TOTAL PROBABLE BLOCKED TONNAGE 80,000 TONS OF $5.88 ORE IN 1940, WITH ADDITIONAL 70,000 TONS OF NON-COMMERCIAL LODE MATERIAL (AT THAT TIME)
Comment (Development): MOST OF THE DEVELOPMENT WORK WAS DONE BY MCELROY OVER SEVERAL YEARS AND A SMALL TONNAGE OF GOLD ORE WAS MILLED IN A 2-STAMP MILL. IN 1938, THE CLAIMS WERE TAKEN OVER BY C.E. WOOD AND J.C. HORTON. IN 1939 THEY INSTALLED A 40-TON BALL MILL WITH LEACHING TANKS, JUST BELOW THE UPPER TUNNEL LEVEL AT 8300 FT.
Comment (Deposit): BRECCIATED FAULT ZONE HAS RHYOLITE HANGING WALL AND ANDESITE FOOTWALL. VEIN QUARTZ IN PODS AND CLOTS ALONG STRUCTURE. IRON OXIDE STAINING, 2-3 INCH BAND OF MNO WITH WHITE CALCITE ON WEST WALL, SILICIFIED LENS OF WALLROCK IN CENTER. ROCK IS FLOODED WITH SILICA, JAROSITE, FINE-GRAINED PYRITE, LAMELLAR QUARTZ-AFTER-CALCITE
Comment (Workings): TUNNELS (5 IN ALL); OLD SHAFT, NOW CAVED
Comment (Geology): BRECCIATED ZONES EXTEND FROM THIS LOCATION TO WILD ROSE MINE - ALSO PARALLEL STRUCTURES, POSSIBLY ON TO SE TO QUEEN CANYON.
References
Reference (Deposit): SNYDER, B.M., 1940, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON PROPERTIES OF RED TOP MINING CO, ESMERALDA CO., NEV: ON FILE AT N.B.M.G.Y 89, ITEM 1.
Reference (Deposit): TINGLEY, J.V., 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION ON 13 AUGUST 1982.
Reference (Deposit): LINCOLN, F.C., 1923, MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA; NEVADA NEWSLETTER PUBL. CO.
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.
