Red Top Mine

The Red Top Mine is a gold mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,699 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: Red Top Mine  

State:  Nevada

County:  Esmeralda

Elevation: 5,699 Feet (1,737 Meters)

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 37.72028, -117.22028

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Red Top Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Red Top Mine
Secondary: Part of Goldfield Consolidated Mines Co. After 1906


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Antimony
Tertiary: Bismuth
Tertiary: Lead


Location

State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Goldfield District


Land Status

Land ownership: Private
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

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1903
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

Not available


Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Epithermal quartz-alunite Au


Orebody

Form: TABULAR TO IRREGULAR


Structure

Type: L
Description: Faults; Columbia Mountain Fault; Gouge Zones


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation Above 165-Ft Level; Alunitization; Silicification


Rocks

Name: Latite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age in Years: 21.250000+-0.750000
Dating Method: K-Ar
Age Young: Miocene

Name: Dacite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age in Years: 21.250000+-0.750000
Dating Method: K-Ar
Age Young: Miocene

Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age in Years: 21.250000+-0.750000
Dating Method: K-Ar
Age Young: Miocene

Name: Dacite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age in Years: 21.250000+-0.750000
Dating Method: K-Ar
Age Young: Miocene


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 12.5% PB
Analytical Data: 5% CU
Analytical Data: 34.5 OZ. AG/TON
Analytical Data: SOME ORE ASSAYED IN 1908 YIELDED 42.1 OZ AU/TON


Materials

Ore: Galena
Ore: Bismuthinite
Ore: Famatinite
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Alunite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Kaolin


Comments

Comment (Development): MAIN ORE SHOOT WAS OPENED UP IN 1905 BY RED TOP MINING CO. CONTROLLING INTEREST WAS BOUGHT BY WINGFIELD AND ASSOCS. IN 1906, IN FORMING GOLDFIELD CONSOLIDATED MINES CO.

Comment (Workings): SHAFT TO 330 FT WITH LEVELS AT 50, 100, 165, 260 AND 330 FT (1908), STOPES

Comment (Location): BETWEEN MOHAWK CLAIMS AND THE LAGUNA GROUP CLAIMS . UTM IS TO MAIN SHAFT ON THE CLAIM.. UTM IS TO A SHAFT ON THW PROPERTY ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Comment (Production): CONSOLIDATED RED TOP LEASE PRODUCED $150,000 WORTH OF ORE 1904-1908.

Comment (Deposit): SEVERAL CLOSELY SPACED PARALLEL MINERALIZED ZONES BOUNDED BY GOUGE ZONES. PAY SHOOT IS IRREGULAR IN SHAPE


References

Reference (Deposit): NBMG REPORT 33, P. 77-86.

Reference (Production): SHAMBERGER, H.A., 1982, P. 17B.; RANSOME, 1909, P. 202

Reference (Deposit): SHAMBERGER, H.A., 1982, THE STORY OF GOLDFIELD; NEVADA HISTORICAL PRESS, CARSON CITY, NEVADA: 240 P.

Reference (Deposit): RANSOME, F.L., 1909, USGS PP 66, P. 202-204


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.