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Tip Top Mine

Past Producer in Blaine county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Lead, Zinc
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Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070743
MRDS ID W013813
Record type Site
Current site name Tip Top Mine
Related records 10290233

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.4611, 43.4156 (WGS84)
Elevation 1920
Relative position 10 MI. SW OF HAILEY, ID.
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Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Blaine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 001N 017E 17 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • .75 MI. NE OF CAMAS NO. 2

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Pyrrhotite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Iron - Oxide Stains

Analytical data

Result SOME SIDERITIC ORE CARRIES 0.5 OZ. AU/TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite
    Rock description Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.4611, 43.4156
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Ore body information

  • Strike N 70 DEG W
    Dip 45 DEG NE
    Thickness 12.19M
    Length 548.64M

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1887
Discovery method Ore-Mineral In Place

Mining district

District name Camas District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 969.26M
    Overall depth 304.8M

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS W013813
Idaho Geological Survey Idaho Mines and Prospects IMP HA1217 http://www.idahogeology.org/

Bibliographic references

  • 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.

  • Deposit

    JACOBS, M. H., 1902, REPORT OF THE MINING DISTRICTS OF IDAHO FOR THE YEAR 1901.

  • Deposit

    1946 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 76

  • Production

    ANDERSON, A.L., AND WAGNER, W.R., 1946, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 76

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1976-08-01 Everett, Sandra E. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey