Commodities
PrimaryGold
TertiaryLead, Zinc, Antimony, Silver, Copper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlBreddiation Along Fault Zone
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite, Stibnite, Tetrahedrite
GangueBarite, Marcasite, Quartz
Other materialsPyrite
Geology
Host rockQuartzite,Shale,Chert · Valmy
Associated rockDacite
StructureBattle Mountain-Eureka Mineral Belt, Hilltop Mine Fault
Tectonic settingComplex Structural History
Alteration2 Alteration Episodes: One Pre-Ore (Peruasive Quarts-Sericite-Pyrite) And One Coeval With Gold Depisition Peruasive Silicification, Bleaching, Barite And Alunite.
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Identification
Deposit ID10086148
MRDS IDW702077
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.4138, -116.80482
References
NBMG MINING DISTRICT FILE 153, NUMEROUS PRESS CLIPPINGSLISLE, R.E. AND DESROCHERS, G.J., 1988, GEOLOGY OF THE HILLTOP GOLD DEPOSIT, LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA IN GSN PRECIOUS METALS SYMPOSIUM TECHNICAL VOLUME.BONHAM, H.F., 1986, NBMG MAP 91BONHAM, H.F., 1988, IN NBMG MI-1987NBMG, 1994, MI-1993BONHAM, 1988 NBMG MI-1993