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Hill Top Claim

Occurrence in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Copper
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044320
MRDS ID M231718
Record type Site
Current site name Hill Top Claim
Alternate or previous names Blue Jay Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.98703, 38.92771 (WGS84)
Elevation 1951
Relative position 2.0 MILES WNW OF MT. ZIGGURAT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jet Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Jefferson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Northern Big Smoky Valley(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 Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
012N 045E 06 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP AND RANGE T & R PROJECTED FROM THE WEST

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Gypsum Gangue
Pyrolusite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.98703, 38.92771
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Northumberland Caldera

Ore body information

  • Strike N 25 W
    Dip 75 NE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Along An Altered N 25 W, 75 Ne Shear Zone.

Comments on the geologic information

  • HOST ROCK HIGHLY FRACTURED AND FAULTED WITH MASSIVE WHITE QUARTZ VEINING, STOCKWORK, CRYSTALLINE QUARTZ INFILLING FRACTURES AND VUGS, DRUSY ON SURFACES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1957

Mining district

District name Northumberland District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A TRENCH AND A 35 FT SHAFT.

Comments on development

  • AT LEAST 7 MAIN VERTICAL SHAFTS AND MANY PROSPECT PITS COVERING AN AREA OF AT LEAST 5 ACRES. ROAD SYSTEM MUCH BETTER DEVELOPED THAN SHOWN ON TOPO SHEET. MOST WORKINGS APPEAR TO BE AT LEAST 10 YRS OLD.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS.

  • Deposit

    SMITH, P., FIELD EXAMINATION OF OCT. 19, 1981.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1981 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1982 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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