Mine detail: Hilltop Mine

Previously called 'Dunn ShaftBlacksmith ShaftKasper TunnelRhem AditGray'

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Location

Lat / long:

31.98569, -109.28953

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead, Copper, Molybdenum, Zinc
Secondary:	Silver
Tertiary:	Gold, Tungsten, Cadmium, Arsenic
Ore:	Anglesite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Galena, Gold, Magnetite, Psilomelane, Pyrite, Pyrolusite, Scheelite, Silver, Smithsonite, Sphalerite, Wulfenite
Gangue:	Calcite, Chlorite, Clinozoisite, Epidote, Garnet, Gypsum, Limonite, Quartz, Tremolite
Orebody form:	LENSES, SHOOTS, POCKETS, CHIMNEYS
Discovery year:	1881

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Quartzite
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	Ne-Sw Faults
Alteration processes:	Oxidation Particularly In Veins In Quartzite

References

MRDS	M002167
DEP	10102442
Reference	{Deposit:: KEITH, 1973, ABM BULL 187, P. 52}{Deposit:: ABM FILE DATA}{Deposit:: ABM BULL 140, P. 91}{Deposit:: PAPKE, 1952, M.S. THESIS, UNIV OF AZ}
Reporter	Peterson, Jocelyn A.