Tip Top Mine

The Tip Top Mine is a gold mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 8,720 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Tip Top Mine
Secondary: Red Top Claims 1-4
Secondary: Gold Hit Mine, Patent Survey #2618

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver

Location

State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: 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: Louisiana Consolidated Mining Co., N. Y. C. ; Cor Dex Co.,
Years: 1923 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1915
Year Last Production: 1918
Discovery Year: 1915
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Epithermal vein, Comstock

Orebody

Form: TABULAR (LINEAR)

Form: TABULAR (LINEAR)

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification, Chloritization, Pyritization (Propylitic Alteration); Kaolinization

Rocks

Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: GENERALLY 2-5% OF THE GOLD VALUES
Analytical Data: SILVER VALUES ARE LOW

Materials

Ore: Iron
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Chlorite
Unknown: Pyrite

Comments

Comment (Location): IN SUGARLOAF CANYON, 1/4 MILE SOUTH OF SUGARLOAF PEAK. 3 1/2 AIR MILES S 15 E FROM TOWN OF MOUNT MONTGOMERY. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Comment (Development): IN 1915, IT WAS EQUIPPED WITH A CYANIDE PLANT (10-STAMP) OF 50 TONS CAPACITY. 4 UNPATENTED CLAIMS. THE MINE WAS WORKED FROM 1913 TO 1915 BY THE ATKINS-KROLL CO. OF SAN FRANCISCO, WHO BUILT THE MILL. DRILLING PROJECT ON THE SITE IN THE PAST 1-2 YEARS (1982) HAS EXPLORED HANGING WALL AND FOOTWALL OF VEIN STRUCTURE TO SW ALONG STRIKE.

Comment (Production): $130,000 IN GOLD HAD BEEN PRODUCED BY 1918. IN 1940, IT WAS ESTIMATED THAT 5000 TONS OF MILLING ORE COULD BE DERIVED FROM THE DUMP AND WORKINGS, RUNNING $6.00 TO $9.34/TON AT THAT TIME.

Comment (Deposit): 2 VEINS; LAMELLAR QUARTZ, BANDED, WITH FINE-GRAINED BLACK SULFIDES AS THIN CRUSTIFICATIONS. WALL ROCK IS SILICIFIED, BRECCIATED LATITE. VEIN OUTCROP ON RIDGE IS HIGHLY SILICIFIED; SHEETING AND VEINING ALONG N 30 E STRUCTURE

Comment (Workings): TUNNELS, STOPES TO SURFACE IN AREA ABOVE OLD STAMP MILL.

Comment (Geology): OUTCROP STAINED TAN AND BRICK RED

References

Reference (Deposit): LINCOLN, F.C., 1923, MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA; NEVADA NEWSLETTER PUBLISHING CO.

Reference (Deposit): MILS, 1979, USBM

Reference (Deposit): SNYDER, B.M., 1940, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON PROPERTIES OF RED TOP MINING CO., ESMERALDA CO., NEVADA; ON FILE AT N.B.M.G., (89) ITEM 1

Reference (Deposit): TINGLEY, J.V., 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION ON 13 AUGUST, 1982.

Reference (Deposit): ROSS, D.C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL CO., NV., NBMG BULL 58

Reference (Production): LINCOLN, F.C., 1923, P. 140.

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.