Mine detail: Hillside Mine

Previously called 'Hillside Claim'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.08357, -114.61028

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper, Silver
Secondary:	Lead, Gold
Tertiary:	Zinc, Iron, Manganese
Ore:	Chrysocolla, Galena, Limonite, Malachite
Discovery year:	1870

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1870

Geology

Host rock:	Highland Pead
Host type:	Marble,Limestone
Structure:	Vertical Fracture 300 Ft Sw Of Shaft, N15e, Cotting Vein At Depth; Slips

References

MRDS	M242426
DEP	10111464
Reference	{Deposit:: WESTGATE, L.G. & KNOPF, A., 1952, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE PIOCHE DISTRICT, NEV., USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 171, P. 71.}{Deposit:: NBMG OPEN FILE, FILE 175, ITEM 6; FILE 171, ITEM 3, ITEM 17 (MAP OF WORKINGS)}{Deposit:: ANDERSON, J.C., 1922, ORE DEPOSITS OF PIOCHE DISTRICT: ENG. AND MIN. JOUR. VOL. 113, NO.7., P.285}{Deposit:: NBMG DISTRICT FILE 171, ITEM 2, 1924 REPORT BY G.W. CRANE}{Deposit:: HILL, J.M., 1916, USGS BULL 648, P. 134-135}{Production:: NBMG OPEN FILE, FILE 175, ITEM 6; FILE 171, ITEM 21}
Reporter	La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.)