The Hidden Treasure Mine is a lead, zinc, and silver mine located in Mohave county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,800 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
Elevation: 4,800 Feet (1,463 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Zinc, Silver
Lat, Long: 35.39722, -114.17111
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Hidden Treasure Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Hidden Treasure Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Arizona
County: Mohave
District: Wallapai 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
Owner Name: W. C. Nelson (Acquired From Mrs Gutman)
Years: 1960 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1927
Year Last Production: 1956
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Prec Schistosity N30e, Lcret Veins, Fissures, Dikes Nw To Nnw Regionally
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): 5 OR MORE PARALLEL FISSURE VEINS, GENERALLY DIPPING 77NE, BUT ONE OF WHICH DIPS SW
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION DATA MAY INCLUDE SOME FROM THE EMERSON MINE
Comment (Geology): MINERALIZATION ASSOCIATED WITH PORPHYRY INTRUSION, LCRET
Comment (Development): CLAIMS INCLUDE HIDDEN TREASURE, REVENUE, CHENANGO, ALABAMBA; ADJACENT TO EMERSON MINE; PREVIOUS OWNERS AND OPERATORS INCLUDE THOMAS THORNTON, ARIZONA MOHAVE MINES AND DEVELOPMENT CO, G.B. BUTCHER, L.V. KOONTZ, DAN J. BARKSDALE, FRANK GRANNIS, W.C. BABCOCK, SAM BERRYMAN, CHLORIDE MINING CO
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS INCLUDE 305 FT TUNNEL; 150 FT TUNNEL; 3 SHAFTS OF 118, 65, AND 45 FT; OTHER SMALLER SHAFTS
References
Reference (Deposit): DINGS, M.C., 1951 , THE WALLAPAI MINING DISTRICT, CERBAT MOUNTAINS, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA; U.S.G.S. BULL. 978-E
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C., 1909 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE CERBAT RANGE, BLACK MOUNTAINS, AND GRAND WASH CLIFFS, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA; U.S.G.S. BULL. 397
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): ADMR FILE DATA
Reference (Production): U.S.G.S. BULL. 978-E, U.S.B.M. R.I. 4101
Reference (Reserve-Resource): U.S.B.M. R.I. 4101
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