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Hilltop Mine

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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Reserves and resources
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10197977
MRDS ID M031302
MAS/MILS ID 0320330065
Record type Site
Current site name Hilltop Mine
Alternate or previous names Hilltop
Related records 10103580

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -114.35164, 38.82245 (WGS84)
Elevation 2073
Location accuracy 10(meters)

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
Mount Diablo 011 N 068 E 16 NENWNW Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Scheelite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -114.35164, 38.82245
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N00E
    Dip 00N
    Length 49M
    Width 12M
    Area 2.5HA
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 SHEAR ZONE
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 CARBONATE SILIC
    Strike And Dip N00E:00N
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 2.5
    Date of Last Modification 830412

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1915
Year of first production 1916

Mining district

District name Shoshone

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Baltimore Camas Mines, Inc.
    Home office Idaho
    Year 1952

Comments on the production information

  • IN 1952, BALTIMORE CAMAS MINES, INC., APPLIED TO THE DEFENSE MINERALS PROCUREMENT AGENCY FOR A LOAN TO MOVE ITS MILL FROM THE BALTIMORE MINE (0160130078) IN BLAINE COUNTY, IDAHO, TO THE HILLTOP MINE.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1945
    Indicated 15000mt ore
    Demonstrated 15000mt ore
    Inferred 53900mt ore
    Total resources 68900mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Tungsten Wo3 0.76 wt-pct Tungsten Trace 1945

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Swell Factor .6
    Percent Waste Rock 0
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 0
    Primary Material Cover HARD ROCKS
    Percentage 100
    Hardness of Ore HARD ROCKS
    Avg. Bench Height (meters) 2
    Capacity 50
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Preprod. Stripping Vol. 0
    Unit Production Cost 4
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Year of Information 1973

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1945, TUNGSTEN METALS CORPORATION

  • Reserve-Resource

    MINERVA MINING DISTRICT WHITE PINE COUNTY, NEVADA,

  • Reserve-Resource

    U.S. BUR OF MINES WAR MINERALS REPORT 424, 13 PP.

  • Deposit

    NV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 85, 1976, P. 76; PLATE 2.

  • Deposit

    NV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 106, 1988, P. 228-229.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 13-NOV-96 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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