Hilltop

Past Producer in Park county in Colorado, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10287989
MAS/MILS ID 0080930141
Record type Site
Current site name Hilltop

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -106.17481, 39.21389 (WGS84)
Elevation 3657
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Park(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Sherman(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Leadville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Leadville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Platte Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

South Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Pike and San Isabel National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Park

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -106.17481, 39.21389

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1869
Year of first production 1869

Mining district

District name Horseshoe Basin District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Leadville Crp.
    ID 0501572
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1995

Comments on the ownership information

  • OWNER:LEADVILLE CORPORATION, P.O. BOX 933, 2160 HIGHWAY 24, LEADVILLE, CO., 80461, (719) 486-0722

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINE MAP REPO #402590 #403245 #403249

  • Deposit

    MINERALS PROPERTY FILE

  • Deposit

    REF:BLOOM, D.N., 1965, GEOLOGY OF THE HORSESHOE DISTRICT

  • Deposit

    AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE HILLTOP MINE, PARK COUNTY,

  • Deposit

    COLORADO, COLO. SCHOOL OF MINES, PHD. THESIS T-1019.

  • Deposit

    MSHA.DBF, 1995.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 10-APR-1995 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Colorado resources

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