The Hidden Hills is a gold mine located in San Bernardino county, California at an elevation of 3,451 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: 3,451 Feet (1,052 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 34.80806, -115.54917
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Hidden Hills MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Hidden Hills
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: California
County: San Bernardino
District: Arrow
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1882
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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Hydrothermally Altered Zone 100 Ft. Thick In Sec. 31, W/ Minor Amounts Of Copper And Iron Sulfides
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: NOTED FOR POCKETS OF HIGH-GRADE ORE CHIP SAMPLE FROM 4 FT. THICK VEIN IN SEC 31 ASSAYED 0.34 OZ. AU, 0.5 OZ. AG AND 1.66% CU. SELECTED SAMPLE FROM LOWER ADIT IN SE 1/4 SE 1/4 6 ASSAYED 0.125 OZ. AU AND 1.5 OZ. AG.
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): UTM ACC E 1/2 6
Comment (Production): INTERMITTENTLY ACTIVE THROUGH 1950'S. $19,000 REPORTED FROM SEC. 6. ONE ORE POCKET, MINED IN 1915, SAID TO CONSIST OF 300 LBS. VALUED AT $13,000. GOLDEN QUEEN CLAIM YIELDED OVER $6000 PRIOR TO 1907. TOTAL PRODUCTION UNDETERMINED. NO OTHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE.
Comment (Deposit): 2 SETS OF VEINS, ONE TRENDS N. IN SEC. 31, OTHER NE IN 6 MOST VEINS ARE 1-12 IN. THICK AND FOLLOW BRECCIATED FRACTURE ZONES.
Comment (Workings): 150 FT. INCLINE, 2 ADITS 50 FT. AND 100 FT. LONG IN SE 1/4 SE 1/4 6, 200 FT. ADIT IN NE 1/4 SE 1/4 6 INCLINES, DRIFTS AND 200 FT. ADIT TO VEIN IN W 1/2 SE 1/4 6 PITS IN 31.
Comment (Geology): VEINS DISPLACED BY A NUMBER OF NORTH & SOUTH FAULTS
Comment (Deposit): IN ADDITION TO TWO SECTIONS GIVEN ABOVE,WRIGHT (1953) ALSO INCLUDEST8N, R13E, SEC. 1. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, V. 3, P. 120-121
Reference (Deposit): WRIGHT, L.A., AND OTHERS, 1953, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, TABULATED LIST: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 49, NOS. 1 & 2, P. 42 PL.
Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W.B. AND SAMPSON, R. J., 1931, GOLD-SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIF.: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V.27, P.301
Reference (Production): SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO. (1964)
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