The Hilltop Mine is a lead and silver mine located in Dona Ana county, New Mexico at an elevation of 6,201 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,201 Feet (1,890 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 32.4575, -106.55778
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Hilltop Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Hilltop Mine
Secondary: Eureka Mine 1900's: Claims
Secondary: Hilltop
Secondary: Hilltop Nos. 2 To 9
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Tellurium
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Dona Ana
District: Organ District: San Augustin Mountains: Black Prince Canyon Area
Land Status
Land ownership: Military Reservation
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: White Sands Missile Range
Owner Name: Bethesda Mining Co.
Home Office: Las Cruces, N.M.
Years: 1940 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1950
Discovery Year: 1895
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: PODS AND SHOOTS
Structure
Type: L
Description: Axes Of Minor Folds Plunge 25 To 35 Degrees Northwest.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Silurian
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Altaite
Ore: Rickardite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE EASTERN ADIT OF THE HILLTOP MINE AS SHOWN ON THE ORGAN TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE
Comment (Production): SEAGER, P. 87, REPORTED TOTAL PRODUCTION VALUE OF 50 TO 60 THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH OF ARGENTIFEROUS GALENA AND GOLD ORE.
Comment (Deposit): NINE CLAIMS.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN THE 1940'S CONSISTED OF THREE TUNNELS WITH DRIFTS, CROSSCUTS AND RAISES TOTALING ABOUT 8000 FT. IN LENGTH.
Comment (Geology): THE SUGARLOAF PEAK QUARTZ MONZONITE PORPHYRY IS THE MOST VOLATILE-RICH AND ONE OF THE LATEST PHASES OF THE ORGAN BATHOLITH.
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1890'S
References
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 205-213
Reference (Deposit): DUNHAM, K.C., 1935 NMBMMR BULL 11, P. 238-239
Reference (Deposit): ALBRITTON, C.C., JR., AND NELSON, V.E., 1943 USGS OFR-43, 39 PAGES
Reference (Deposit): SEAGER, W.R., 1981 NMBMMR MEM 36, P. 83-90
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
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