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Tip Top Mining District, Arizona, USAi
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Looking NW towards the main workings and ruins

Tip Top Mine, Thule Creek area, Bradshaw Mountains, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
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Looking NE towards main workings from the south canyon diggings

Tip Top Mine, Thule Creek area, Bradshaw Mountains, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
02819210017272081696629.jpg
Looking NW towards the main workings and ruins

Tip Top Mine, Thule Creek area, Bradshaw Mountains, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
00050320017272081707251.jpg
Looking NE towards main workings from the south canyon diggings

Tip Top Mine, Thule Creek area, Bradshaw Mountains, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
02819210017272081696629.jpg
Looking NW towards the main workings and ruins

Tip Top Mine, Thule Creek area, Bradshaw Mountains, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
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Looking NE towards main workings from the south canyon diggings

Tip Top Mine, Thule Creek area, Bradshaw Mountains, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
Latitude & Longitude:
34° North , 111° West (est.)
Estimate based on other nearby localities or region boundaries.
Margin of Error:
~410km
GRN:
N23W67
Type:
Mining District
Mindat Locality ID:
31219
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:31219:3
GUID (UUID V4):
0


This is a Au-Ag, and minor W mining area, located about 50 miles SE of Prescott, in the southern foothills of the Bradshaw Mts at about 2,600 feet of altitude. It was started before 1875.

The prevailing local rock is Bradshaw Granite. On the East side of the district, West of the Agua Fria River, a belt of Yavapai Schist 2 miles wide and trending North. Pegmatite dikes are abundant, particularly near the contact.

Five long, branching dikes of rhyolite porphyry lie between the Tip Top Mine and Rockwell Gulch. These dikes are intersected and faulted by seven or eight gold and silver veins striking North and northeast.

The history of this district is essentially the history of the Tip Top Mine. Total production is estimated at $4,000,000 (period values), but is felt to be a high estimate.

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Commodity List

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Mineral List

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities

19 valid minerals.

Detailed Mineral List:

ⓘ Arsenopyrite
Formula: FeAsS
ⓘ Baryte
Formula: BaSO4
ⓘ Beryl
Formula: Be3Al2(Si6O18)
ⓘ Bornite
Formula: Cu5FeS4
Description: Observed in polished sections.
ⓘ Chlorargyrite
Formula: AgCl
ⓘ Cinnabar
Formula: HgS
Description: Occurs as tiny specks in wolframite.
ⓘ Galena
Formula: PbS
ⓘ Grunerite
Formula: ◻Fe2+2Fe2+5(Si8O22)(OH)2
ⓘ 'Limonite'
ⓘ Native Gold
Formula: Au
Description: Occurs with silver ores.
ⓘ Native Silver
Formula: Ag
ⓘ Opal
Formula: SiO2 · nH2O
ⓘ Opal var. Opal-AN
Formula: SiO2 · nH2O
ⓘ Polybasite
Formula: [Ag6Sb2S7][Ag9CuS4]
Description: Occurs in quartz veins.
ⓘ Proustite
Formula: Ag3AsS3
ⓘ Pyrargyrite
Formula: Ag3SbS3
Description: Occurs in quartz veins.
ⓘ Pyrite
Formula: FeS2
ⓘ Quartz
Formula: SiO2
ⓘ Quartz var. Chalcedony
Formula: SiO2
Colour: Bluish
Description: Coats vugs as thin layers.
ⓘ Scheelite
Formula: Ca(WO4)
ⓘ Sphalerite
Formula: ZnS
ⓘ Stibnite
Formula: Sb2S3
ⓘ 'Tetrahedrite Subgroup'
Formula: Cu6(Cu4C2+2)Sb4S12S
Description: Occurs in quartz veins.
ⓘ 'Tourmaline'
Formula: AD3G6(T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z
ⓘ 'Wolframite Group'

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 1 - Elements
ⓘNative Gold1.AA.05Au
ⓘNative Silver1.AA.05Ag
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
ⓘBornite2.BA.15Cu5FeS4
ⓘSphalerite2.CB.05aZnS
ⓘGalena2.CD.10PbS
ⓘCinnabar2.CD.15aHgS
ⓘStibnite2.DB.05Sb2S3
ⓘPyrite2.EB.05aFeS2
ⓘArsenopyrite2.EB.20FeAsS
ⓘProustite2.GA.05Ag3AsS3
ⓘPyrargyrite2.GA.05Ag3SbS3
ⓘ'Tetrahedrite Subgroup'2.GB.05Cu6(Cu4C2+2)Sb4S12S
ⓘPolybasite2.GB.15[Ag6Sb2S7][Ag9CuS4]
Group 3 - Halides
ⓘChlorargyrite3.AA.15AgCl
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
ⓘQuartz
var. Chalcedony		4.DA.05SiO2
ⓘ4.DA.05SiO2
ⓘOpal
var. Opal-AN		4.DA.10SiO2 · nH2O
ⓘ4.DA.10SiO2 · nH2O
ⓘ'Wolframite Group'4.DB.30 va
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates
ⓘBaryte7.AD.35BaSO4
ⓘScheelite7.GA.05Ca(WO4)
Group 9 - Silicates
ⓘBeryl9.CJ.05Be3Al2(Si6O18)
ⓘGrunerite9.DE.05◻Fe2+2Fe2+5(Si8O22)(OH)2
Unclassified
ⓘ'Limonite'-
ⓘ'Tourmaline'-AD3G6(T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
Hⓘ Grunerite◻Fe22+Fe52+(Si8O22)(OH)2
Hⓘ Opal var. Opal-ANSiO2 · nH2O
Hⓘ OpalSiO2 · nH2O
BeBeryllium
Beⓘ BerylBe3Al2(Si6O18)
BBoron
Bⓘ TourmalineAD3G6(T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z
OOxygen
Oⓘ BaryteBaSO4
Oⓘ BerylBe3Al2(Si6O18)
Oⓘ Quartz var. ChalcedonySiO2
Oⓘ Grunerite◻Fe22+Fe52+(Si8O22)(OH)2
Oⓘ Opal var. Opal-ANSiO2 · nH2O
Oⓘ OpalSiO2 · nH2O
Oⓘ QuartzSiO2
Oⓘ ScheeliteCa(WO4)
Oⓘ TourmalineAD3G6(T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z
AlAluminium
Alⓘ BerylBe3Al2(Si6O18)
SiSilicon
Siⓘ BerylBe3Al2(Si6O18)
Siⓘ Quartz var. ChalcedonySiO2
Siⓘ Grunerite◻Fe22+Fe52+(Si8O22)(OH)2
Siⓘ Opal var. Opal-ANSiO2 · nH2O
Siⓘ OpalSiO2 · nH2O
Siⓘ QuartzSiO2
SSulfur
Sⓘ ArsenopyriteFeAsS
Sⓘ BaryteBaSO4
Sⓘ BorniteCu5FeS4
Sⓘ CinnabarHgS
Sⓘ GalenaPbS
Sⓘ Polybasite[Ag6Sb2S7][Ag9CuS4]
Sⓘ ProustiteAg3AsS3
Sⓘ PyrargyriteAg3SbS3
Sⓘ PyriteFeS2
Sⓘ SphaleriteZnS
Sⓘ StibniteSb2S3
Sⓘ Tetrahedrite SubgroupCu6(Cu4C22+)Sb4S12S
ClChlorine
Clⓘ ChlorargyriteAgCl
CaCalcium
Caⓘ ScheeliteCa(WO4)
FeIron
Feⓘ ArsenopyriteFeAsS
Feⓘ BorniteCu5FeS4
Feⓘ Grunerite◻Fe22+Fe52+(Si8O22)(OH)2
Feⓘ PyriteFeS2
CuCopper
Cuⓘ BorniteCu5FeS4
Cuⓘ Polybasite[Ag6Sb2S7][Ag9CuS4]
Cuⓘ Tetrahedrite SubgroupCu6(Cu4C22+)Sb4S12S
ZnZinc
Znⓘ SphaleriteZnS
AsArsenic
Asⓘ ArsenopyriteFeAsS
Asⓘ ProustiteAg3AsS3
AgSilver
Agⓘ ChlorargyriteAgCl
Agⓘ Polybasite[Ag6Sb2S7][Ag9CuS4]
Agⓘ ProustiteAg3AsS3
Agⓘ PyrargyriteAg3SbS3
Agⓘ Native SilverAg
SbAntimony
Sbⓘ Polybasite[Ag6Sb2S7][Ag9CuS4]
Sbⓘ PyrargyriteAg3SbS3
Sbⓘ StibniteSb2S3
Sbⓘ Tetrahedrite SubgroupCu6(Cu4C22+)Sb4S12S
BaBarium
Baⓘ BaryteBaSO4
WTungsten
Wⓘ ScheeliteCa(WO4)
AuGold
Auⓘ Native GoldAu
HgMercury
Hgⓘ CinnabarHgS
PbLead
Pbⓘ GalenaPbS

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References

Hamilton, Patrick (1881) The Resources of Arizona - A Manual of Reliable Information Concerning the Territory. The Legislature of the Territory of Arizona. pp.51-52
Lindgren, W. (1926), Ore deposits of the Jerome and Bradshaw Mountains quadrangles, Arizona, USGS Bull. 782: 179-180.
Galbraith, Dr. Frederic W.; Brennan, Dr. Daniel J. (1959) Minerals of Arizona (3rd ed.). University of Arizona Press. 116pp.
Dale, V.B. (1961), Tungsten deposits of Gila, Yavapai and Mohave Cos., AZ, US Bur. Mines Inf. Circ. 8078.
Anthony, John W.; Williams, Sidney A.; Bideaux, Richard A.; Grant, Raymond W. (1995) Mineralogy of Arizona (3rd ed.). University of Arizona Press.
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