The Hilltop Mine is a uranium mine located in Clark county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,800 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,800 Feet (1,463 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 36.27333, -114.18361
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Hilltop Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Hilltop Mine
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: Nevada
County: Clark
District: Gold Butte
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENTICULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: 2 N Trending Faults Dividing The Virgin Range In The Gold Butte Area Into Monodinal Ridges With An E Dip.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Fluorite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Geology): ORE FOUND IN LENTICULAR PEGMATITE BODY CUTTING THE GRANITE, 180 FT. LONG AND 30 FEET WIDE. PEGMATITE BODY TRENDS N AND DIPS STEEPLY TO THE E. SAMARSKITE IS SPARSELY AND IRREGULARLY DISTRIBUTED IN THE DIKE.
Comment (Location): AREA UNSURVEYED
Comment (Commodity): QUARTZ AND FELDSPAR OF COMMERCIAL GRADE,BUT NO READYMARKET IN VICINITY.
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION OF 30 LB. SAMARSKITE REPORTED.
Comment (Workings): SURFACE; OVER A LENGTH OF 180 FEET AND A WIDTH OF 30FEET.
References
Reference (Deposit): LONGWELL, C. R., PAMPEYAN, E. H., BOWYER, B., ROBERTS, R. J., 1965 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF CLARK CO. NEV. BUR MINES, BULL. 62 , P. 183 .
Reference (Deposit): HILL, J. M., 1916 , NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN EASTERN NEVADA USGS BULL. 648 , P. 47 .
Reference (Production): LONGWELL, ETAL, 1965
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
