Hilltop Sagehen

Occurrence in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodity Tungsten
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10270800
MRDS ID M060217
MAS/MILS ID 0320270026
Record type Site
Current site name Hilltop Sagehen
Alternate or previous names Hilltop, Hilltop Tungsten Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -118.9824, 40.53659 (WGS84)
Elevation 2020
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dead Horse Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Eugene Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Granite Springs Valley(hydrologic unit)

Truckee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(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 Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 031 N 027 E 20 NESW Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -118.9824, 40.53659

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULLETIN 89, 1977, P. 92.

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERAL INVESTIGATION RESOURCE MAP

  • Deposit

    MR-25, 1962.

  • Deposit

    LUTSEY AND NICHOLS (1972).

  • Deposit

    MILLER, 1996, MLA REPORT IN PROGRESS, GREAT BASIN ECOSYSTEM.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 13-OCT-94 Lipton, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.