The Hidden Treasure Mine is a gold mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,074 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: 3,074 Feet (937 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 34.25361, -112.17889
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Hidden Treasure Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Hidden Treasure Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Richinbar District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Eldred Lane, Pope And Talbott Inc.
Home Office: San Francisco, Ca
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1925
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: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENS, TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Foliation Trends N - S
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: None - Minor Bleaching Adjacent To Vein
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: DUMP MATERIAL CONTAINS VERY LITTLE LOW GRADE GOLD, PROBABLY LESS THAN 0.05 OZ/TON.
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): APPROXIMATELY 10,000 TONS OF MATERIAL ON DUMPS.
Comment (Development): PRODUCTION ESTIMATED AT 700 OUNCES OF GOLD.
Comment (Deposit): HIDDEN TREASURE IS VEIN CUTTING PRECAMBRIAN GRANODIORITE. DEPOSIT IS LISTED BY LINDGREN AS POSSIBLY TERTIARY IN AGE.
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: EARLY 1900'S
References
Reference (Deposit): AZ DEPT MIN. RESOURCES FILE DATA.
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT BULL 140, P. 102.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 782, P. 158.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 1345, P. 34.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
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