The Hill Top Claim is a silver and lead mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,401 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,401 Feet (1,951 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 38.92778, -116.98611
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Hill Top Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Hill Top Claim
Secondary: Blue Jay Group
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Northumberland District
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
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: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1957
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Northumberland Caldera
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Pyrolusite
Gangue: Gypsum
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP AND RANGE T & R PROJECTED FROM THE WEST
Comment (Development): AT LEAST 7 MAIN VERTICAL SHAFTS AND MANY PROSPECT PITS COVERING AN AREA OF AT LEAST 5 ACRES. ROAD SYSTEM MUCH BETTER DEVELOPED THAN SHOWN ON TOPO SHEET. MOST WORKINGS APPEAR TO BE AT LEAST 10 YRS OLD.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A TRENCH AND A 35 FT SHAFT.
Comment (Geology): HOST ROCK HIGHLY FRACTURED AND FAULTED WITH MASSIVE WHITE QUARTZ VEINING, STOCKWORK, CRYSTALLINE QUARTZ INFILLING FRACTURES AND VUGS, DRUSY ON SURFACES
References
Reference (Deposit): KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS.
Reference (Deposit): SMITH, P., FIELD EXAMINATION OF OCT. 19, 1981.
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.
