Tip Top Claims, Buena Vista Mining District, Esmeralda County, Nevada, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Tip Top Claims | Claim |
| Buena Vista Mining District | Mining District |
| Esmeralda County | County |
| Nevada | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
37° 55' 39'' North , 118° 18' 34'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Benton | 280 (2011) | 19.0km |
| Dyer | 259 (2011) | 35.9km |
| Sunny Slopes | 182 (2017) | 51.2km |
| Mina | 155 (2011) | 54.3km |
| Swall Meadows | 220 (2017) | 55.3km |
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
I.X.L. Claims 1-5; Tiptop Claims?; Brownie Mini
Alteration: Silicification
Deposit: Brecciated fault zone has rhyolite hanging wall and andesite footwall. Vein quartz in pods and clots along structure. Iron oxide staining, 2-3 inch band of mno with white calcite on west wall, silicified lens of wallrock in center. Rock is flooded with silica, jarosite, fine-grained pyrite, lamellar quartz-after-calcite
Deposit type: Epithermal vein, Comstock
Development: Most of the development work was done by mcelroy over several years and a small tonnage of gold ore was milled in a 2-stamp mill. In 1938, the claims were taken over by c.e. Wood and j.c. Horton. In 1939 they installed a 40-ton ball mill with leaching tanks, just belo W the upper tunnel level at 8300 ft.
Geology: Brecciated zones extend from this location to wild rose mine - also parallel structures, possibly on to SE to queen canyon.
Ore(s): Brecciated Fault Zone; Fissures
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2 valid minerals.
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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
| Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates | |||
| ⓘ | Jarosite | 7.BC.10 | KFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | ⓘ Jarosite | KFe33+(SO4)2(OH)6 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Jarosite | KFe33+(SO4)2(OH)6 |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Jarosite | KFe33+(SO4)2(OH)6 |
| S | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| K | Potassium | |
| K | ⓘ Jarosite | KFe33+(SO4)2(OH)6 |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Jarosite | KFe33+(SO4)2(OH)6 |
| Fe | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
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| Link to USGS MRDS: | 10046904 |
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