The Hill Top is a tungsten mine located in White Pine county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Hill Top MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Hill Top
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: Nevada
County: White Pine
District: Shoshone (Minerva, Lexington, Or Tungston
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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
Year First Production: 1916
Discovery Year: 1916
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR, PINCH AND SWELL
Structure
Type: L
Description: Faulting, Folding
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: HILLTOP ASSAYS UP TO 1.49 % W (1981)
Analytical Data: ASSAYS AT TONY PROSPECT YIELDED UP TO 0.27 % W
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): ABOUT 0.8 MILES NW OF TUNGSTEN QUEEN MINE. TONY PROSPECT IS AT THE SW END OF THE PROPERTY.
Comment (Development): OPERATED IN 1940-41 BY THE NEW DEAL LEASING CO., IN 1941 BY THE SCHEELITE LEASING CO., AND IN 1942 BY THE VIRDOT DEVELOPMENT CO. THE TONY PROSPECT WAS OPERATED BY TUNGSTEN METAL CORP IN 1940-1941. A LITTLE ORE WAS MINED IN 1956-1957.
Comment (Deposit): SCHEELITE OCCURS FINELY DISSEMINATED IN THE QUARTZ VEINS AND SPARSELY IN ADJACENT WALLROCK. TONY VEIN IS 200 FT LONG IN OUTCROP WITH VERY FINE-GRAINED SCHEELITE. TONY PROSPECT IS A SHEAR ZONE FILLED WITH BRECCIA, GOUGE, QUARTZ, AND CALCITE VEINLETS. TONY VEIN IS 1.67 FT WIDE.
Comment (Workings): 2 ADITS AND SEVERAL OPEN CUTS AT THE HILLTOP MINE; SHORT ADIT WITH RAISE TO SURFACE AND SEVERAL SURFACE PITS AT TONY PROSPECT; STOPES.
Comment (Geology): THE SCHEELITE OCCURS MAINLY IN COARSE CRYSTAL AGGREGATES OR IN VEINLETS IN QUARTZ. ALONG FAULTS, COMMONLY ALONG THE FOOT WALL SIDE OF THE VEIN
References
Reference (Deposit): HOSE, BLAKE & SMITH 1976, GEO & MINERAL RESOURCES OF WHITE PINE CO. NEV. NEV BUREAU OF MINES & GEO BULL 85.
Reference (Deposit): STAGER, H.K., NBMG BULL IN PREPARATION ON TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF NEVADA.
Reference (Deposit): NBMG FILE 332, ITEM 3, MINE MAP.
Reference (Deposit): USBM, 1963, NBMG FILE 332, ITEM 5, UNPUB. DATA.
Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M., 1944, USGS OFR, NBMG FILE 332,ITEM 9.
Reference (Deposit): USBM, 1983, MILS DATA
Reference (Deposit): USBM, 1983, OPEN FILE REPORT MLA 68-83.
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.
