The Hidden Treasure Prospect is a mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 5,719 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,719 Feet (1,743 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 40.14611, -113.80167
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Hidden Treasure Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Hidden Treasure Prospect
Commodity
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Clifton (Gold Hill) District)
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
Owner Name: Eugene Timm
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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
Physiographic Detail: Deep Creek Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Workings): THE PRINCIPAL WORKINGS CONSIST OF AN ADIT APPROXIMATELY 240 FT. LONG, AND A CONNECTING SHAFT WITH AN ESTIMATED DEPTH OF 90-100 FT., OF WHICH 40-50 FT. IS A WINZE.
Comment (Geology): THE QUARTZ MONZONITE IS MEDIUM-GRAINED AND SLIGHTLY PORPHYRITIC.
References
Reference (Deposit): MESSENGER, H.M. III, 1981, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION, UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY.
Reference (Deposit): NOLAN, T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, UTAH; U.S. GEOL. SUREVY PROF. PAPER 177, 172P.
Reference (Deposit): 1935 GEOLMAP NOLAN, T.B., PROF. PAPER 177, P1.
Reference (Production): MESSENGER, H.M. III, 1981, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY.
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