Red Top Mine

The Red Top Mine is a tungsten mine located in Churchill county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,098 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Red Top Mine
Secondary: Red Top Scheelite Mine
Secondary: NBMG Sample Sites 3861, 3862, 3863

Commodity

Primary: Tungsten

Location

State: Nevada
County: Churchill
District: Sand Springs 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

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: W skarn

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Type: L
Description: Shear Zone

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: SAMPLE 3861 FROM THE LOWER WEST WORKINGS CONTAINED 3% FE, 0.7% MG, 20% CA, 0.15% TI, 1500 PPM MN, 1 PPM BE, 15 PPM BI, 7 PPM CO, 30 PPM CR, 20 PPM CU, 20 PPM MO, 7 PPM NI, 30 PPM PB, 7 PPM SC, 20 PPM SN, 500 PPM SR, 300 PPM V, 70 PPM W, 20 PPM Y, 50 PPM ZR. SAMPLE 3862 FROM THE UPPER INCLINE TO THE NE, CONTAINS 5% FE, 1% MG, 15% CA, 0.2% TI, 2000 PPM MN, 20 PPM BA, 2 PPM BE, 20 PPM BI, 20 PPM CO, 20 PPM CR, 200 PPM CU, 30 PPM MO, 10 PPM NI, 30 PPM PB, 7 PPM SC, 30 PPM SN, 500 PPM SR, 700 PPM V, 2000 PPM W, 20 PPM Y, 200 PPM ZN, 30 PPM ZR. SAMPLE 3863 WAS TAKEN FROM THE SAME STRUCTURE ON WHAT WAS CALLED THE CBR #1 CLAIM, AND IT CONTAINED 5% FE, 1% MG, 20% CA, 0.1% TI, + 5000 PPM MN, 1 PPM BE, 10 PPM CO, 10 PPM CR, 20 PPM CU, 15 PPM MO, 10 PPM NI, 150 PPM SR, 70 PPM V, 15 PPM Y, 500 PPM ZN, 30 PPM ZR.

Materials

Ore: Scheelite

Comments

Comment (Location): AT HEAD OF RED TOP CANYON, ON NORTHERN CREST OF SAND SPRINGS RANGE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Comment (Production): PRODUCTION YEARS WERE 1941-1947, 1952-1957.

Comment (Development): SEVERAL PERIODS OF PRODUCTION; NO ACTIVITY IN 1986

Comment (Deposit): SCHEELITE-BEARING TACTITE OCCURS ALONG AN ALMOST E-W CONTACT ZONE BETWEEN GRAODIORITE (SOUTH) AND METAMORPHIC ROCKS (NORTH). PROSPECTING AND MINING HAVE OCCURRED ALONG A VERTICAL ENE SHEAR ZONE THAT APPEARS TO PARALLEL THE IGNEOUS CONTACT. NUMEROUS APLITE DIKES (N 60 E, 90) ARE PRESENT IN THE CONTACT AREA. MOST ORE RANGED FROM 0.5 TO 1.0% WO3. AT THE LOWER WESTERN SHAFT, THE SILICATED PORTION OF THE CONTACT ZONE IS NO MORE THAN 3-4 FT THICK AND CONSISTS OF SKARN CONTAINING EPIDOTE, GARNET AND CALCITE WITH MINOR SCHEELITE.

Comment (Workings): 2 SHAFTS, INCLINE, SOME TRENCHING

References

Reference (Deposit): QUADE, JACK AND TINGLEY, J.V., 16 SEP 86, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

Reference (Deposit): STAGER, H.K., IN PREPARATION, NBMG BULL ON TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF NEVADA.

Reference (Deposit): NBMG BULL 83, 1974, PL. 1.

Reference (Production): STAGER, H.K., (IN PREP).

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.