Mine detail: Hilltop Mine

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

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Location

Lat / long: 39.21388, -106.17478

Resource(M)

Primary: Lead, Zinc, Silver
Secondary: Copper, Gold
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Silver, Smithsonite, Sphalerite
Gangue: Barite, Calcite, Pyrite, Quartz, Siderite

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Replacement
Production size: Yes
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:Leadville Dolomite
Host type:Dolomite

References

MRDSDC00680
DEP10016202
Reference{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 DATE, 9,64}{Deposit:: DMEA 1463, 4572; OME 6615}{Development:: Sunshine Mining Co. Colorado exploration files, unpublished data, Colorado Geological Survey.}
ReporterConservation Division Files, Beach, Richard A., Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC), Hasler, J. William