Tip Top Mine

The Tip Top Mine is a mercury mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,121 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

Name: Tip Top Mine  

State:  Nevada

County:  Nye

Elevation: 4,121 Feet (1,256 Meters)

Commodity: Mercury

Lat, Long: 36.90417, -116.65417

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Tip Top Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Tip Top Mine


Commodity

Primary: Mercury


Location

State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Fluorine District


Land Status

Land ownership: Federal
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: Surface/Underground


Ownership

Owner Name: Mrs. Emily F. Harvey Beatty, Nv., Dr. A. Blenstrub Of New York City, N.Y.
Years: 1943 -


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

Not available


Orebody

Form: TABULAR


Structure

Type: L
Description: In Lower Plate Of Low Angle Fault


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Early Devonian


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Cinnabar


Comments

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 100 FT ADIT WITH AN INCLINED WINZE, AND SEVERAL SHALLOW-OPEN CUTS.

Comment (Location): 600 FT N OF HARVEY PROPERTY

Comment (Reserve-Resource): VERY SMALL RESERVES

Comment (Production): "IT IS SAID THAT ABOUT 100 FLASKS WERE PRODUCED," HOLMES

Comment (Deposit): WORKINGS INACCESSIBLE BELOW 40 FT


References

Reference (Deposit): 5) CORNWALL AND KLEINHAMPL, 1961, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BARE MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, NEVADA: USGS MAP GQ - 157.

Reference (Deposit): 6) CORNWALL AND KLEINHAMPL, 1964, GEOLOGY OF BULLFROG QUADRANGLE AND ORE DEPOSITS RELATED TO BULLFROG HILLS CALDERA, NYE COUNTY, NEVADA, AND INYO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: USGS P. P. 454 - J.

Reference (Production): HOLMES

Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E. H., U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES

Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E. H., AND PHOENIX, D. A., 1944, QUICKSILVERDEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41, P. 144.

Reference (Deposit): CORNWALL, 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 77

Reference (Deposit): HOLMES, 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA: IN USBM IC 8252.


Nevada Gold

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.