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Hilltop Mine

Past Producer in Dona Ana county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Gold, Copper, Zinc, Tellurium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012997
MRDS ID D009043
Record type Site
Current site name Hilltop Mine
Alternate or previous names Eureka Mine 1900's: Claims, Hilltop, Hilltop Nos. 2 To 9
Related records 10199267

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.55835, 32.45763 (WGS84)
Elevation 1890
Relative position ABOUT 16.25 MILES N 54 E OF LAS CRUCES.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Dona Ana(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Organ(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Las Cruces(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Las Cruces(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Tularosa Valley(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande Closed Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande Closed Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

DOD(Federal land areas administered by DOD)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Dona Ana

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 021S 004E 29 NW New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE EASTERN ADIT OF THE HILLTOP MINE AS SHOWN ON THE ORGAN TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary
Copper Secondary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Tellurium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Altaite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Rickardite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Sugarloaf Peak Quartz Monzonite Porphyry
    Rock description Sugarloaf Peak Quartz Monzonite Porphyry
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Silurian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Fusselman Dolomite;Percha Shale
    Rock description Fusselman Dolomite;Percha Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.55835, 32.45763
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Axes Of Minor Folds Plunge 25 To 35 Degrees Northwest.

Ore body information

  • General form PODS AND SHOOTS
    Plunge 25 TO 35
    Plunge direction NORTHWEST

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralization Occurs Along Small Anticlinal Folds Beneath A Layer Of Impervious Shale.

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE SUGARLOAF PEAK QUARTZ MONZONITE PORPHYRY IS THE MOST VOLATILE-RICH AND ONE OF THE LATEST PHASES OF THE ORGAN BATHOLITH.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1895
Year of first production 1950

Mining district

District name Organ District: San Augustin Mountains: Black Prince Canyon Area

Land status

Ownership category Military Reservation

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Bethesda Mining Co.
    Home office Las Cruces, N.M.
    First year 1940
  • Type Owner
    Owner White Sands Missile Range

Comments on the production information

  • SEAGER, P. 87, REPORTED TOTAL PRODUCTION VALUE OF 50 TO 60 THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH OF ARGENTIFEROUS GALENA AND GOLD ORE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 2438.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN THE 1940'S CONSISTED OF THREE TUNNELS WITH DRIFTS, CROSSCUTS AND RAISES TOTALING ABOUT 8000 FT. IN LENGTH.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 205-213

  • Deposit

    DUNHAM, K.C., 1935 NMBMMR BULL 11, P. 238-239

  • Deposit

    ALBRITTON, C.C., JR., AND NELSON, V.E., 1943 USGS OFR-43, 39 PAGES

  • Deposit

    SEAGER, W.R., 1981 NMBMMR MEM 36, P. 83-90

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NINE CLAIMS.
Deposit Discovery Year: 1890'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1982 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

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