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Hilton Creek Mine

Past Producer in Mono county in California, United States with commodities Gold, 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10139994
MAS/MILS ID 0060510178
Record type Site
Current site name Hilton Creek Mine
Alternate or previous names Phelps Mine, Silver Star, John Muir Wilderness, Hilton Creek Tungsten Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -118.77035, 37.52464 (WGS84)
Elevation 3048
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mono(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Convict Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Benton Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mariposa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Crowley Lake(hydrologic unit)

Mono-Owens Lakes(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Inyo National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

John Muir Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Mono

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 005 S 029 E 10 SW California

Comments on the location information

  • MSHA LOCATION: UNSURVEYED SECTION 11, T 5S, R 29E

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Tungsten Critical Secondary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -118.77035, 37.52464
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Martin Trost Associates
    ID 404461
    Home office P. O. Box 7214, Mammoth Lakes, Ca
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 2-81, 1981, TABLE 1,

  • Deposit

    NO. 8, P. 13.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 28-MAY-97 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 04/20/1982
MSHA mine ID0404461
Mine name (MSHA)Hilton Creek Mine
Current operatorMartin Trost Associates
Current controller (parent)Trost Paul B & William F Martin
Mine typeUnderground (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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External references

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Authoritative California resources

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