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Hilltop Mine

Past Producer in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodity Talc-Soapstone
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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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046795
MRDS ID M242005
Record type Site
Current site name Hilltop Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.75814, 37.48523 (WGS84)
Elevation 1853
Relative position 2.7 MILES BY ROAD NORTH OF THE DEAN MILL JUNCTION ON NEVADA HIGHWAY 3.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sylvania Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Last Chance Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fish Lake-Soda Spring 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 Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 005S 038E 21 SE OF SE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Talc-Soapstone Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE IS PARTLY BROKEN WITH ABUNDANT FRAGMENTS UP TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Talc Ore
Calcite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result TALC WITH SMALL AMOUNTS OF CHLORITE, TRACE OF QUARTZ

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.75814, 37.48523
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N25W
    Dip 35 W TO 50 W
    Thickness 2.13M
    Length 45.72M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Palmetto District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • 65 FT. ADIT ON NORTH SIDE OF RIDGE; 40 X 20 FT PIT JUST SOUTH OF THE CREST. A 200-FT LONG TRAMWAY ONCE CONNECTED THE ADIT WITH AN ORE BIN FARTHER DOWN THE NORTH SLOPE. STOPES, A FEW OTHER SHORT ADITS AND CUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PAPKE, K.G., 1975, NBMG BULL 84, P. 15

  • Production

    PAPKE, K.G., 1975, P. 15.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IRREGULAR VEIN 2-7 FT. THICK, IN LIMESTONE. ALSO, TALC OCCURS AS A 6-FT DIAMETER BODY IN LIMESTONE ON FACE OF AN OPEN CUT 30 FT SW OF THE OPEN PIT. ANOTHER VEIN IS EXPOSED FOR 50 FT IN A CUT AND ADIT 200 FT WEST OF THE MAIN ADIT. IT IS SEVERAL FEET THICK, DIPS 30 W, NEARLY CONFORMABLE TO LIMESTONE BEDDING.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1982 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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