Commodities
PrimaryGold
SecondarySilver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model150: Epithermal vein, Comstock
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formTABULAR (LINEAR)
Ore controlBrecciated Fault Zone Between Rhyolite As Hanging Wall And Andesite As Footwall.
Materials
Ore mineralsIron
GangueChlorite, Quartz
Other materialsPyrite
Geology
Host rockRhyolite
Associated rockQuartz Latite
Tectonic settingBasin & Range
AlterationSilicification, Chloritization, Pyritization (Propylitic Alteration); Kaolinization
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1915
Last production1918
Discovery year1915
Identification
Deposit ID10046905
MRDS IDM242132
Alternate namesGold Hit Mine, Patent Survey #2618, Red Top Claims 1-4
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates37.92854, -118.30483
References
LINCOLN, F.C., 1923, MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA; NEVADA NEWSLETTER PUBLISHING CO.MILS, 1979, USBMSNYDER, B.M., 1940, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON PROPERTIES OF RED TOP MINING CO., ESMERALDA CO., NEVADA; ON FILE AT N.B.M.G., (89) ITEM 1TINGLEY, J.V., 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION ON 13 AUGUST, 1982.ROSS, D.C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL CO., NV., NBMG BULL 58LINCOLN, F.C., 1923, P. 140.