The Tip Top Mine is a silver mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 2,799 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 2,799 Feet (853 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 34.0525, -112.24639
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Tip Top Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Tip Top Mine
Secondary: Conqueror
Secondary: Tip Top Mine Includes Group of 3 Patented Claims: Tip Top, Keystone,
Secondary: And Joker, and 3 Unpatented Claims: Tip Top South, Very Top,
Secondary: And Black Jack
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Arsenic
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Tip Top District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Frank Carlisle
Years: 1926 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1875
Year Last Production: 1942
Discovery Year: 1875
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR, PINCH AND SWELL
Structure
Type: R
Description: Batholith (Quartz Monzonite) Rather Massive And Structureless
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: None
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age in Years: 1720.000000+-
Dating Method: U-Pb (zircon)
Material Analyzed: Zircon
Age Young: Proterozoic
Name: Mica Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age in Years: 1720.000000+-
Dating Method: U-Pb (zircon)
Material Analyzed: Zircon
Age Young: Proterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cerargyrite
Ore: Wolframite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Quartz
Unknown: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Production): ITEM ( 9 ) IS ESTIMATED FROM $ 200,000 IN GOLD PRODUCTION AT $ 20.67 PER OUNCE. WORKED PRINCIPALLY FOR SILVER AND GOLD 1875-1883, WITH OUTPUT VALUED AT $2,200,000. SMALL OUTPUT OF WO3 (POSSIBLY FEW HUNDRED UNITS) IN WORLD WAR I, IN 1928, AND SINCE 1936, PRINCIPALLY FROM OLD DUMPS.
Comment (Deposit): OXIDATION DOWN TO 200 FT.
Comment (Geology): TIP TOP IS VEIN SYSTEM CUTTING PROTEROZOIC QUARTZ MONZONITE. RHYOLITE PORPHYRY DIKES OF CRET-PALEO AGE OCCUR IN DISTRICT BUT ARE NOT NECESSARILY COINCIDENT WITH VEINS.
Comment (Deposit): THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD D000841 OF J.E. ELLIOTT WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MAIN MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): ARIZONA DEPT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): MINING JOURNAL, V. 7, NO. 12, P. 5-6, 1924
Reference (Deposit): MINING JOURNAL, V. 20, NO. 5, P. 3-5, 1936
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Production): A.B.M. BULLETIN 140 , P. 103 .
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 782, P. 180
Reference (Deposit): ELSING, M.J. AND HEINEMAN, R.E., 1936 , ARIZONA METAL PRODUCTION: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 140 , P. 103
Reference (Deposit): LEMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962 , TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S.; U.S.G.S. MAP, MR - 25 .
Reference (Deposit): USBM IC 8078, P. 29-30
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA
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