Tiptop Mine group (Tiptop Camp prospects/mines), Tiptop Mountain, Helvetia, Helvetia-Rosemont Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USAi
Regional Level Types | |
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Tiptop Mine group (Tiptop Camp prospects/mines) | - not defined - |
Tiptop Mountain | Mountain |
Helvetia | Town (Former) |
Helvetia-Rosemont Mining District | Mining District |
Pima County | County |
Arizona | State |
USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
31° 49' 59'' North , 110° 45' 0'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
KΓΆppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
Place | Population | Distance |
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Corona de Tucson | 5,675 (2011) | 14.9km |
Sonoita | 818 (2015) | 19.2km |
East Sahuarita | 1,622 (2006) | 20.8km |
Green Valley | 21,391 (2011) | 23.1km |
Sahuarita | 25,707 (2017) | 23.8km |
Nearest Clubs:
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Club | Location | Distance |
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Old Pueblo Lapidary Club | Tucson, Arizona | 46km |
Tucson Gem and Mineral Society | Tucson, Arizona | 46km |
Mindat Locality ID:
36154
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:36154:2
GUID (UUID V4):
e94dc250-29d2-46fc-9c4a-2a5b1ab91385
β‘Ref.: Stevens, J.H. (1904) The Copper Handbook, Vol. IV.
Stevens, J.H. (1905) The Copper Handbook, Vol. V.
The Copper Handbook (1907).
Schrader, F.C. & J.M. Hill (1915), Mineral deposits of the Santa Rita and Patagonia Mountains, Arizona, USGS Bull. 582: 120-124.
Creasey, S.C. & G.L. Quick (1955), Copper deposits of part of Helvetia mining district, Pima County, Arizona, USGS Bull. 1027-F: 320.
Keith, Stanton B. (1974), Arizona Bureau of Geology & Mineral Technology, Geological Survey Branch Bull. 189, Index of Mining Properties in Pima County, Arizona: 129 (Table 4).
Niemuth, N.J. & K.A. Phillips (1992), Copper Oxide Resources, Arizona Department of Mines & Mineral Resources Open File Report 92-10: 13 (Table 1).
USGS Sahuarita Quadrangle topo map.
Arizona Bureau of Mines file data, circa 1973.
MRDS database Dep. ID file #10161909, MAS ID #0040191152; and, Dep. ID #10186571, MRDS ID #M050159, MAS ID #0040190428.
A group of surface and underground Cu-Ag-Au mines and prospects located on 4 claims in the SEΒΌNEΒΌNWΒΌ sec. 15, T.18S., R.15E. (Sahuarita 15 minute topo map), about ΒΎ mile north of Helvetia, in the NW slope of a prominent foothill, known as Tiptop Mountain, on a military reservation. Owned at times, or in part, by the Tiptop Copper Co. of Philadelphia; American Smelting & Refining Co. (ASARCO); Chamrod; Forbes; Mattingly; Sierra Mining & Ranching Co.; Tip Top Mining Co.; and the D. & P. Mining Co. (1936).
Mineralization is irregular pockets, stringers, and pyrometasomatic replacement orebodies, mostly oxidized, with copper minerals, often associated with quartz stringers and seams in shattered, faulted, silicified, and silicated Paleozoic limestone close to a contact with underlying Paleozoic quartzite in a thrust-faulted klippe.
Workings include shallow shafts, tunnels and open cuts. Produced intermittently from the late 1890's to 1936. Production was over 27,000 tons of ore averaging about 5% Cu and 0.4 oz. Ag/T.
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Detailed Mineral List:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 1 - Elements | |||
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β | Copper | 1.AA.05 | Cu |
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
β | Chalcocite | 2.BA.05 | Cu2S |
β | Bornite | 2.BA.15 | Cu5FeS4 |
β | Chalcopyrite | 2.CB.10a | CuFeS2 |
β | Molybdenite | 2.EA.30 | MoS2 |
β | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
β | Cuprite | 4.AA.10 | Cu2O |
β | Tenorite | 4.AB.10 | CuO |
β | Magnetite | 4.BB.05 | Fe2+Fe3+2O4 |
β | Hematite | 4.CB.05 | Fe2O3 |
β | Quartz var. Chalcedony | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
β | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 | |
β | Opal var. Opal-AN | 4.DA.10 | SiO2 Β· nH2O |
β | 4.DA.10 | SiO2 Β· nH2O | |
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
β | Azurite | 5.BA.05 | Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 |
β | Malachite | 5.BA.10 | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
Group 9 - Silicates | |||
β | Epidote | 9.BG.05a | (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH) |
β | Diopside | 9.DA.15 | CaMgSi2O6 |
β | Chrysocolla | 9.ED.20 | Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 Β· nH2O, x < 1 |
Unclassified | |||
β | 'Garnet Group' | - | X3Z2(SiO4)3 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
H | Hydrogen | |
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H | β Azurite | Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 |
H | β Chrysocolla | Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1 |
H | β Epidote | (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH) |
H | β Opal var. Opal-AN | SiO2 · nH2O |
H | β Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
H | β Opal | SiO2 · nH2O |
C | Carbon | |
C | β Azurite | Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 |
C | β Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
O | Oxygen | |
O | β Azurite | Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 |
O | β Quartz var. Chalcedony | SiO2 |
O | β Chrysocolla | Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1 |
O | β Cuprite | Cu2O |
O | β Diopside | CaMgSi2O6 |
O | β Epidote | (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH) |
O | β Hematite | Fe2O3 |
O | β Opal var. Opal-AN | SiO2 · nH2O |
O | β Magnetite | Fe2+Fe23+O4 |
O | β Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
O | β Opal | SiO2 · nH2O |
O | β Quartz | SiO2 |
O | β Tenorite | CuO |
O | β Garnet Group | X3Z2(SiO4)3 |
Mg | Magnesium | |
Mg | β Diopside | CaMgSi2O6 |
Al | Aluminium | |
Al | β Chrysocolla | Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1 |
Al | β Epidote | (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH) |
Si | Silicon | |
Si | β Quartz var. Chalcedony | SiO2 |
Si | β Chrysocolla | Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1 |
Si | β Diopside | CaMgSi2O6 |
Si | β Epidote | (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH) |
Si | β Opal var. Opal-AN | SiO2 · nH2O |
Si | β Opal | SiO2 · nH2O |
Si | β Quartz | SiO2 |
Si | β Garnet Group | X3Z2(SiO4)3 |
S | Sulfur | |
S | β Bornite | Cu5FeS4 |
S | β Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
S | β Chalcocite | Cu2S |
S | β Molybdenite | MoS2 |
S | β Pyrite | FeS2 |
Ca | Calcium | |
Ca | β Diopside | CaMgSi2O6 |
Ca | β Epidote | (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH) |
Fe | Iron | |
Fe | β Bornite | Cu5FeS4 |
Fe | β Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
Fe | β Epidote | (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH) |
Fe | β Hematite | Fe2O3 |
Fe | β Magnetite | Fe2+Fe23+O4 |
Fe | β Pyrite | FeS2 |
Cu | Copper | |
Cu | β Azurite | Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 |
Cu | β Bornite | Cu5FeS4 |
Cu | β Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
Cu | β Chalcocite | Cu2S |
Cu | β Chrysocolla | Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1 |
Cu | β Cuprite | Cu2O |
Cu | β Copper | Cu |
Cu | β Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
Cu | β Tenorite | CuO |
Mo | Molybdenum | |
Mo | β Molybdenite | MoS2 |
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Link to USGS MRDS: | 10186571 |
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Localities in this Region
- Arizona
- Pima County
- Helvetia-Rosemont Mining District
- Helvetia
- Tiptop Mountain
- Tiptop Mine group (Tiptop Camp prospects/mines)
- Tiptop Mountain
- Helvetia
- Helvetia-Rosemont Mining District
- Pima County
- Arizona
- Pima County
- Helvetia-Rosemont Mining District
- Helvetia
- Tiptop Mountain
- Tiptop Mine group (Tiptop Camp prospects/mines)
- Tiptop Mountain
- Helvetia
- Helvetia-Rosemont Mining District
- Pima County
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