| Deposit ID | 10102442 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M002167 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Hilltop Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Dunn Shaft, Blacksmith Shaft, Kasper Tunnel, Rhem Adit, Gray |
| Related records | 10113054 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -109.28953, 31.98569 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1951 |
| Relative position | 6 MI NW OF PARADISE; ABOUT 26 MI S OF SAN SIMON |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Cochise(county)
Arizona(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Rustler Park(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Chiricahua Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Douglas(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Willcox Playa(hydrologic unit)
San Pedro-Willcox(hydrologic accounting unit)
Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)
Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Coronado National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Cochise |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 017S;016S | 030E;030E | 03,04,05;32,33,34 | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Lead | Primary |
| Copper | Primary |
| Molybdenum | Primary |
| Zinc Critical | Primary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Gold | Tertiary |
| Tungsten Critical | Tertiary |
| Cadmium | Tertiary |
| Arsenic Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Anglesite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Chrysocolla | Ore |
| Copper | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Magnetite | Ore |
| Psilomelane | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Pyrolusite | Ore |
| Scheelite | Ore |
| Silver | Ore |
| Smithsonite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Wulfenite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Chlorite | Gangue |
| Clinozoisite | Gangue |
| Epidote | Gangue |
| Garnet | Gangue |
| Gypsum | Gangue |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Tremolite | Gangue |
| Result | 2-5 OZ/T AG, 10-25% PB, 5-15% ZN, 0.1-5.61% CU, 10-12% FE, 2-10% M |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||
| |||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite |
| (1) | -109.28953, 31.98569 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Ne-Sw Faults |
| General form | LENSES, SHOOTS, POCKETS, CHIMNEYS |
|---|---|
| Length | 33.53M |
| Width | 15.24M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1881 |
| District name | California District |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Queen Mining Co. |
| First year | 1973 |
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 6096M |
| Overall depth | 457.2M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M002167 |
KEITH, 1973, ABM BULL 187, P. 52
ABM FILE DATA
ABM BULL 140, P. 91
PAPKE, 1952, M.S. THESIS, UNIV OF AZ
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | LOCALLY PIPES OF MASSIVE SULFIDES (1-6 FT DIA) FOLLOW FRACTURES I NTO LIMESTONE FOR DISTANCES OF UP TO 50 FT |
| Deposit | THIS REPORT REPRESENTS A MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORD M002167 WITH RE CORD M030559 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEOD ORE, USGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAY-1983 | Peterson, Jocelyn A. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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