Hilltop Mine

The Hilltop Mine is a mine located in White Pine county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,801 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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:  White Pine

Elevation: 6,801 Feet (2,073 Meters)

Commodity:

Lat, Long: 38.8225, -114.35080

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Hilltop Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Hilltop Mine
Secondary: Hilltop


Commodity

Tertiary: Tungsten


Location

State: Nevada
County: White Pine
District: Shoshone


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

Type: Located Claim


Workings

Type: Surface


Ownership

Owner Name: Baltimore Camas Mines, Inc.
Home Office: Idaho
Info Year: 1952


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1916
Discovery Year: 1915
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Not available


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Unknown: Calcite
Unknown: Scheelite
Unknown: Quartz


Comments

Comment (Production): IN 1952, BALTIMORE CAMAS MINES, INC., APPLIED TO THE DEFENSE MINERALS PROCUREMENT AGENCY FOR A LOAN TO MOVE ITS MILL FROM THE BALTIMORE MINE (0160130078) IN BLAINE COUNTY, IDAHO, TO THE HILLTOP MINE.


References

Reference (Reserve-Resource): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1945, TUNGSTEN METALS CORPORATION

Reference (Reserve-Resource): MINERVA MINING DISTRICT WHITE PINE COUNTY, NEVADA,

Reference (Deposit): NV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 106, 1988, P. 228-229.

Reference (Deposit): NV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 85, 1976, P. 76; PLATE 2.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): U.S. BUR OF MINES WAR MINERALS REPORT 424, 13 PP.


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.