Tip Top Mine

The Tip Top Mine is a gold mine located in Blaine county, Idaho at an elevation of 6,299 feet.

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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:  Idaho

County:  Blaine

Elevation: 6,299 Feet (1,920 Meters)

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 43.4156, -114.46110

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Tip Top Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Tip Top Mine


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead


Location

State: Idaho
County: Blaine
District: Camas 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
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1887
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Sawtooth Mountains


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Iron - Oxide Stains


Rocks

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: SOME SIDERITIC ORE CARRIES 0.5 OZ. AU/TON


Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Pyrrhotite
Gangue: Quartz


Comments

Comment (Location): .75 MI. NE OF CAMAS NO. 2


References

Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON, A. L., AND WAGNER, W. R., 1946, A GEOLOGIC RECONNAISSANCE OF THE HAILEY GOLD BELT (CAMAS DISTRICT), BLAINE COUNTY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 76, 26 P.

Reference (Deposit): JACOBS, M. H., 1902, REPORT OF THE MINING DISTRICTS OF IDAHO FOR THE YEAR 1901.

Reference (Deposit): 1902 COMPILE STATE MINE INSPECTOR'S REPT. FOR 1901

Reference (Deposit): 1946 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 76

Reference (Production): ANDERSON, A.L., AND WAGNER, W.R., 1946, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 76


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