Hidden Treasure Mine

The Hidden Treasure Mine is a gold and silver mine located in La Paz county, Arizona at an elevation of 2,001 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

Name: Hidden Treasure Mine

State:  Arizona

County:  La Paz

Elevation: 2,001 Feet (610 Meters)

Commodity: Gold, Silver

Lat, Long: 33.75, -113.42889

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Hidden Treasure Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Hidden Treasure Mine
Secondary: Magic


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Manganese
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Lead
Tertiary: Iron


Location

State: Arizona
County: La Paz
District: Harquahala 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

Type: Underground


Ownership

Not available


Production

Year: 1967
Time Period: 1932-1967
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^0.95 Oz Au/Ton, 3.9 Oz Ag/Ton, Minor Cu, Pb, Zn
Year: 1954
Time Period: 1953-1954
Material type: ORE MN
Description: Cp_Grade: ^20% Mn


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: TABULAR


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Chrysocolla
Gangue: Calcite
Unknown: Limonite


Comments

Comment (Development): LOCATED IN 1932, AND WORKED SPORADICALLY THROUGH 1967; IN 1953-1954, SEVERAL SMALL LOTS OF 20% MN WAS SHIPPED OUT.

Comment (Geology): OVERTHRUST FAULTING IN DISTRICT PLACES PREC METAMORPHICS OVER PAL-MES SEDIMENTS; MINERALIZATION LOCALLY ASSOCIATEDWITH MICRODIORITE DIKES 20 TO 25 MY IN AGE.


References

Reference (Deposit): ABM BULL 137, P. 133

Reference (Deposit): ABGMT BULL 192, P. 153

Reference (Production): KEITH, S.B., 1978.


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