The Hidden Treasure is a gold, silver, and antimony mine located in Baker county, Oregon.
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
Elevation:
Commodity: Gold, Silver, Antimony
Lat, Long: 44.79361, -117.64722
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Hidden Treasure MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Hidden Treasure
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Primary: Antimony
Location
State: Oregon
County: Baker
District: Virtue
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: M And S Associates, Inc.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Payette Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Gabbro
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: AVERAGE VALUE OF SHIPPING GRADE IS $65 ( 1938
Materials
Ore: Stibnite
Comments
Comment (Workings): DEVELOPED BY 138-FOOT INCLINED SHAFT WITH 3 SHORT DRIFT LEVELS. SINCE 1933: $24,000
Comment (Geology): MN STAIN AND STIBNITE APPARENTLY INDICATES PRESENCE OF HIGH GRADE ORE.
Comment (Production): SINCE 1933: $24,000
Comment (Location): SE 1/4 NE 1/4. 10 MILES EAST OF BAKER, 1/4 MILE NORTH OF HIGHWAY.
Comment (Deposit): MINERALIZATION IS SPOTTY
References
Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H. C., AND RAMP, L., 1968 , GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON: ODGMI BULL. 61 , P. 142 .
Reference (Deposit): OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1939 , ODGMI BULL. 14 - A, P. 107 .
Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H. C., AND MCINTYRE, J. R., 1977 , RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE VIRTUE FLAT QUADRANGLE, ODGMI.
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