Tip Top Claims

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

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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.