USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Nevada · Lander County
Gold Top Mine
Mindat Confirmed Gold Underground
Key facts
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Lander
- Mining district
- Battle Mountain District
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Underground
- Primary commodity
- Gold
- Verification
- Mindat Confirmed
Also known as
- Wrongly Labeled Red Top Mine On Topo Map.
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
Sec 30 T32N R44E. Gold Alteration: Hydrothermal Deposit: Principal working is an adit about 300 ft. Long and cross-workings. ; info.src : 1 pub lit Geology: Ore deposits are narrow quartz veins containing pockets of sulfide minerals. Rock formation…
Additional documented workings
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Adit
— documented in 1 source record,
noting 300 ft long.
Mindat
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 3 shaft symbols
- 15 adit symbols
View individual source records (3)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
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Adit
· length 300 ft
Documented in Mindat locality data. Evidence: Sec 30 T32N R44E. Gold Alteration: Hydrothermal Deposit: Principal working is an adit about 300 ft. Long and cross-workings. ; info.s…
- USGS MRDS working type: Underground
- MRDS work_type documents underground workings: Underground · work_type
Verification
Mindat Confirmed
Mindat locality corroborates underground workings.
Why confirmed?
Mindat locality corroborates underground workings.
Why it's listed
USGS source data documents underground workings for this record.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Past Producer
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Pyrite
- Sphalerite
- commodity:Copper
- commodity:Gold
- commodity:Silver
- commodity:Zinc
- Pyrite
- Quartz-monzonite
View all 10 reported minerals
- Pyrite
- Sphalerite
- commodity:Copper
- commodity:Gold
- commodity:Silver
- commodity:Zinc
- Pyrite
- Quartz-monzonite
- Quartzite
- Sphalerite
Access & recent conditions
- Land
- unknown
Community reports
No community field reports yet.
I Visited This MineSources & evidence
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features
Type: Historical mapped physical features
Dataset: DOI 10.5066/P9TAALR6
Supports:
- mapped shaft symbols (3)
- mapped adit symbols (15)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 60218
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (8)
- underground workings
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