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Hill Top

Past Producer in White Pine county in Nevada, United States with commodity Tungsten
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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. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103580
MRDS ID M031302
Record type Site
Current site name Hill Top
Related records 10197977

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.35112, 38.82217 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 3.6 AIR MILES S60E FROM SHOSHONE POST OFFICE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

White Pine(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Minerva Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Garrison(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lund(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Spring-Steptoe Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada White Pine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
11N 68E 16 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT 0.8 MILES NW OF TUNGSTEN QUEEN MINE. TONY PROSPECT IS AT THE SW END OF THE PROPERTY.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS AT TONY PROSPECT YIELDED UP TO 0.27 % W
Result HILLTOP ASSAYS UP TO 1.49 % W (1981)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Pole Canyon Limestone
    Rock description Pole Canyon Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.35112, 38.82217
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faulting, Folding

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR, PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike NE TO E-W (TONY VEIN STRIKES N-S)
    Dip 40-70N (TONY VEIN DIPS 45E)
    Thickness 2.44M
    Length 121.92M
    Width 36.58M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faults Striking E-W, Dipping 45-70n; Brecciated Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE SCHEELITE OCCURS MAINLY IN COARSE CRYSTAL AGGREGATES OR IN VEINLETS IN QUARTZ. ALONG FAULTS, COMMONLY ALONG THE FOOT WALL SIDE OF THE VEIN

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1916
Discoverer Arnold Millick
Year of first production 1916

Mining district

District name Shoshone (Minerva, Lexington, Or Tungston

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 ADITS AND SEVERAL OPEN CUTS AT THE HILLTOP MINE; SHORT ADIT WITH RAISE TO SURFACE AND SEVERAL SURFACE PITS AT TONY PROSPECT; STOPES.

Comments on development

  • OPERATED IN 1940-41 BY THE NEW DEAL LEASING CO., IN 1941 BY THE SCHEELITE LEASING CO., AND IN 1942 BY THE VIRDOT DEVELOPMENT CO. THE TONY PROSPECT WAS OPERATED BY TUNGSTEN METAL CORP IN 1940-1941. A LITTLE ORE WAS MINED IN 1956-1957.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HOSE, BLAKE & SMITH 1976, GEO & MINERAL RESOURCES OF WHITE PINE CO. NEV. NEV BUREAU OF MINES & GEO BULL 85.

  • Deposit

    STAGER, H.K., NBMG BULL IN PREPARATION ON TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF NEVADA.

  • Deposit

    NBMG FILE 332, ITEM 3, MINE MAP.

  • Deposit

    USBM, 1963, NBMG FILE 332, ITEM 5, UNPUB. DATA.

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D.M., 1944, USGS OFR, NBMG FILE 332,ITEM 9.

  • Deposit

    USBM, 1983, MILS DATA

  • Deposit

    USBM, 1983, OPEN FILE REPORT MLA 68-83.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SCHEELITE OCCURS FINELY DISSEMINATED IN THE QUARTZ VEINS AND SPARSELY IN ADJACENT WALLROCK. TONY VEIN IS 200 FT LONG IN OUTCROP WITH VERY FINE-GRAINED SCHEELITE. TONY PROSPECT IS A SHEAR ZONE FILLED WITH BRECCIA, GOUGE, QUARTZ, AND CALCITE VEINLETS. TONY VEIN IS 1.67 FT WIDE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1979 Giorgi, Albert John (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1983 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) U.S. Geological Survey

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