Hilltop Mine

Past Producer in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Manganese, Gold, Copper, Zinc
Sections on this page
  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10022978
MRDS ID FS00590
MAS/MILS ID 0160590291
Record type Site
Current site name Hilltop Mine
Alternate or previous names Hilltop Nos 1 , 2 , 3 , and 4

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.3189, 44.4811 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gilmore(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Borah Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dubois(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lemhi(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Salmon-Challis National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Lemhi

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 013N 026E 01,02 SESE (02) Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore

Analytical data

Result FS MIN EXAM 1959 PLUMB

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.3189, 44.4811

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1943

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Salmon National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. Bureau Of Mines Open-File Report MLA 8-88, 1988

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Over $200,000 worth of galena ore was shipped from this mine before mismanagement and litigation caused the mine to close.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1976 Meier, M. Lorrie U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 26-SEP-1991 Cather U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references