Mine detail: Hilltop Mine

Previously called 'Hill Top MineSherman-Hilltop PropertyLast Chance Lode'

Location:	Park County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long:	39.21388, -106.17478
dep_id:	10016202
mrds_id:	DC00680
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Lead, Zinc, Silver
Minor mineral:	Copper, Gold
Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Replacement
Production size:	Production occurred
Development status:	Past Producer
ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Silver, Smithsonite, Sphalerite
gangue:	Barite, Calcite, Pyrite, Quartz, Siderite
model:	72: Polymetallic replacement
Reporter:	Conservation Division Files, Beach, Richard A., Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC), Hasler, J. William
hrock_unit:	Leadville Dolomite
hrock_type:	Dolomite
References:	Deposit:: BMC RECORD DATA FIL Deposit:: Behre, C. H., Jr., 1953, Geology and ore deposits of the west slope of the Mosquito Range (Colorado): U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 235, 176 p. Deposit:: Bloom, D. N., 1965, Geology of the Horseshoe district and ore deposits of the Hilltop mine, Park County, Colorado: Golden, Colorado School of Mines, Ph.D. dissertation, 211 p. Deposit:: Johansing, R. J., and Thompson, T. B., 1990, Geology and origin of Sherman-type deposits, central Colorado: Economic Geology Monograph 7, p. 367-394. Deposit:: Tschauder, R. J., Landis, G. P., and Noyes, R. R., 1990, Late Mississippian karst caves and Ba-Ag-Pb-Zn mineralization in central Colorado: Part I. Geologic framework, mineralogy, and cave morphology: Economic Geology Monograph 7, p. 308-338. Deposit:: MINE MAP REPO #402590 #403245 #403249 Deposit:: MINERALS PROPERTY FILE Deposit:: MSHA.DBF, 1995. Deposit:: CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 9,64 Deposit:: DMEA 1463, 4572; OME 6615 Development:: Sunshine Mining Co. Colorado exploration files, unpublished data, Colorado Geological Survey.