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Hillside Mine

Past Producer in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Lead, Gold, Zinc, Iron, Manganese
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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. Ownership information
  18. Production statistics
  19. Workings at the site
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. General comments
  23. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10111464
MRDS ID M242426
Record type Site
Current site name Hillside Mine
Alternate or previous names Hillside Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.61028, 38.08357 (WGS84)
Elevation 2438

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bristol Range SE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wilson Creek Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lund(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dry Lake Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 003 066E 32 PROJECTED FROM EAST Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • AREA UNSURVEYED ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Gold Secondary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysocolla Ore
Galena Ore
Limonite Ore
Malachite Ore

Analytical data

Result MASSES OF SULFIDES ASSAYED 54.05% , 72.5 OZ AG, 4% PB AND .04 OZ AU/TON

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 72
USGS model code 19a
Deposit model name Polymetallic replacement
Mark3 model number 47

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Highland Pead
    Rock description Highland Pead

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.61028, 38.08357
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Vertical Fracture 300 Ft Sw Of Shaft, N15e, Cotting Vein At Depth; Slips

Ore body information

  • Strike N60E-N75E
    Dip 40-70 S
    Thickness 4.88M
    Length 36.58M
    Depth to bottom 60.96M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • The May Day Fissure

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1870
Year of first production 1870

Mining district

District name Bristol-Jackrabbit District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Hillside Leasing Co.
    First year 1913

Production statistics

  • Year 1914
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^.012 Oz Au, 7.21 Oz Ag, 2.77% Pb/Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor Ore Lead Lead 3wt-pct
    Minor Ore Silver Silver 228g/mt
    Minor Ore Gold Gold 0g/mt
  • Year 1921
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^.02 Oz Au, 6.7 Oz Ag, 2.32 % Pb/Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor Ore Gold Gold 1g/mt
    Minor Ore Lead Lead 2wt-pct
    Minor Ore Silver Silver 212g/mt

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 274.32M

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINED SHAFT (43) 900 FT LONG, INACCESSIBLE, WITH LEVELS EVERY 100 FEET. A SECOND SHAFT.

Comments on development

  • HILLSIDE WAS PRINCIPAL SUPPLIER OF ORE TO THE BRISTOL WELLS SMELTER IN LATE 1870'S AND EARLY 1880'S. THAT SMELTER OPERATION CEASED DUE TO A SMALL AMOUNT OF SULPHUR IN ORE CAUSING CU AND AG LOSS IN SLAG. THEN A PAN AMALGAMATION SITE WAS BUILT AT TOEDER MILL SITE AND 10,000 TONS OF HILLSIDE ORE WAS TREATED. THEN THE MILL SHUT DOWN AND ORE AND SLAG FROM SMELTER WAS SENT TO SALT LAKE. IN 1877, THE HILLSIDE CO WAS ORGANIZED TO TAKE OVER A MG. STEELE'S PROPERTIES INCLUDING THE HILLSIDE MINE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WESTGATE, L.G. & KNOPF, A., 1952, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE PIOCHE DISTRICT, NEV., USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 171, P. 71.

  • Deposit

    NBMG OPEN FILE, FILE 175, ITEM 6; FILE 171, ITEM 3, ITEM 17 (MAP OF WORKINGS)

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, J.C., 1922, ORE DEPOSITS OF PIOCHE DISTRICT: ENG. AND MIN. JOUR. VOL. 113, NO.7., P.285

  • Deposit

    NBMG DISTRICT FILE 171, ITEM 2, 1924 REPORT BY G.W. CRANE

  • Deposit

    HILL, J.M., 1916, USGS BULL 648, P. 134-135

  • Production

    NBMG OPEN FILE, FILE 175, ITEM 6; FILE 171, ITEM 21

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE CONSISTS OF AG-CU MATERIAL, OXIDIZED. ON SAME E-W MAY DAY FISSURE AS MAIN BRISTOL OREBODY, AT INTERSECTIONS WITH N-S FISSURES AND AT INTERSECTION WITH AT LEAST ONE STEEPER BUT PARALLEL FISSURE OF THE TEMPEST SET. DIP OF FISSURE FLATTENS FROM NEAR 75 AT SURFACE TO 40 OR LESS BELOW 200 FT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1985 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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