The Gold Top Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Lander county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,850 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,850 Feet (1,783 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 40.615, -117.06500
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Gold Top Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Gold Top Mine
Secondary: Wrongly Labeled Red Top Mine On Topo Map.
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lander
District: Battle Mountain District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Hydrothermal
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ORE CONTAINING UP TO 6 OZ/TON AU HAS BEEN SELECTIVELY MINED. ONE RECORDED SHIPMENT CONTAINED 3.32 OZ AU AND 3.0 OZ AG PER TON.
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): PRINCIPAL WORKING IS AN ADIT ABOUT 300 FT. LONG AND CROSS-WORKINGS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Location): ON LICKING CREEK
Comment (Production): ORE CONTAINED UP TO 6 OZ/TON AU AND 3 OZ AG/TON
Comment (Workings): ADIT AND CROSS-WORKINGS
Comment (Geology): ORE DEPOSITS ARE NARROW QUARTZ VEINS CONTAINING POCKETS OF SULFIDE MINERALS.
References
Reference (Deposit): ROBERTS, R.J. AND ARNOLD, D.C., 1965, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ANTLER PEAK QUADRANGLE, HUMBOLDT AND LANDER COUNTIES, NEVADA: U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 459-B
Reference (Production): ROBERTS, R.J. AND ARNOLD, D.C., 1965
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.
