Mine detail: Hilltop Mine

Previously called 'Silver Hill Top 1-5 Claims'

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Location

Lat / long:

39.9755, -112.5208

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Lead
Ore:	Galena, Plumbojarosite
Gangue:	Quartz, Specularite
Orebody form:	TABULAR

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Sheeprock Series Of Cohenour (1959);
Host type:	Quartzite
Structure:	Basin And Range, N85e, 40n Fault At Adit Portal
Tectonic:	Sevier Orogenic Belt

References

MRDS	RE00193
DEP	10055161
Reference	{Deposit:: COHENOUR, R.E., 1959, SHEEPROCK MOUNTAINS, TOOELE AND JUAB COUNTIES: UGMS BULL. 63}{Deposit:: MESSENGER, H.M.III, 1981, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS}{Deposit:: U.S. BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, 1982, UNPATENTED MINING CLAIM FILE 174132, UTAH STATE OFFICE, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH}{Deposit:: U.S.G.S. MIN. RES. OF U.S., 1926, 1927, 1928}{Production:: USGS MIN. RES. OF U.S., 1926, 1928}
Reporter	Messenger, Harold M. III