Hilltop Mine

The Hilltop Mine is a uranium mine located in Clark county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,800 feet.

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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

Name: Hilltop Mine  

State:  Nevada

County:  Clark

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

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.