Mine detail: Hilltop Mine

Previously called 'Independence'

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Location: Lander County, Nevada, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.41547, -116.80649
dep_id: 10044080
mrds_id: M231404
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold, Silver
Minor mineral: Copper, Lead, Zinc
Trace mineral: Bismuth, Tin
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Cassiterite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite
gangue: Calcite, Fluorite, Iron, Jasper, Quartz
model: 75: Distal disseminated Ag-Au
alteration: Chloritic, Sericitic
ore_ctrl: Brecciation Of Quartzite, Fractures
Reporter: La Pointe, D. D.
hrock_unit: Quartzite
hrock_type: Quartz Monzonite,Quartzite
arock_unit: Altered Quartz Monzonite Porphyry
arock_type: Quartz Monzonite
Structure: Roberts Mtns. Thrust, At Depth
Year first produced: 1912
disc_yr: 1906
References:
  • Deposit:: STAGER, H. K., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LANDER CO., NEV.; NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 88, PT II
  • Deposit:: EMMONS, W. H., 1910, RECONNAISSANCE OF SOME MINING CAMPS IN NEVADA; USGS BULL. 408
  • Deposit:: VANDERBURG, W. O., 1939, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN LANDER CO., NEV: USBM INFO. CIRC. 7043
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