The Hilltop Mine is a silver and lead mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 8,619 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
Elevation: 8,619 Feet (2,627 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 39.97556, -112.52000
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Hilltop Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Hilltop Mine
Secondary: Silver Hill Top 1-5 Claims
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Columbia District District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Henry Crossman, Oliver J. Nowell
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin And Range
Type: L
Description: N85e, 40n Fault At Adit Portal
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Plumbojarosite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Specularite
Comments
Comment (Production): LIMITED PRODUCTION OF OXIDIZED LEAD ARE REPORTED IN 1926, 1928
Comment (Workings): TWO CAVED ADITS, ASSOCIATED PITS, AND A 300 FT. LONG INCLINED SHAFT WITH ASSOCIATED BULLDOZER CUTS
Comment (Development): MORE EXTENSIVE DEVELOPMENT WORK THAN THE CAVED, INACCESSIBLE ADITS INDICATE. USGS MIN. RES. OF U.S. CITES 300 FT OF DEV. WORK IN 1926, 1000 FT IN 1928, AND 18000 DOLLARS SPENT IN 1927 ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF A TRAMWAY. A CONCENTRATION PLANT WAS ERECTED IN 1928
References
Reference (Production): USGS MIN. RES. OF U.S., 1926, 1928
Reference (Deposit): COHENOUR, R.E., 1959, SHEEPROCK MOUNTAINS, TOOELE AND JUAB COUNTIES: UGMS BULL. 63
Reference (Deposit): MESSENGER, H.M.III, 1981, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS
Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, 1982, UNPATENTED MINING CLAIM FILE 174132, UTAH STATE OFFICE, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH
Reference (Deposit): U.S.G.S. MIN. RES. OF U.S., 1926, 1927, 1928
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