The Hidden Treasure is a copper, silver, and gold mine located in Missoula county, Montana at an elevation of 4,072 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: 4,072 Feet (1,241 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 46.78028, -113.66444
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Hidden Treasure MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Hidden Treasure
Secondary: Hidden Treasure Group
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Lead
Tertiary: Arsenic
Location
State: Montana
County: Missoula
District: Clinton District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Ward, Sidney M.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1889
Discovery Year: 1879
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Garnet Range
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR LENSES
Structure
Type: R
Description: Bearmouth Overthrust
Type: L
Description: Clinton Stock
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 1889 7 CARLOADS AVERAGED 11% CU, 25OZ/TON AG, 0.2OZ/TON AU.
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Enargite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Smithsonite
Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Production): 1889 7 CARS OF ORE AT 25 OZ/TON AG, 0.2 OZ/TON AG
Comment (Workings): 2 MAJOR ADITS, TOP ADIT GT 1200FT LONG, LOWER ADIT ABOUT 1000FT LONG. ABOVE PORTAL #1 (TOP ADIT) THERE ARE 4 ELE FLOOR, WINZE, STOPES, RISES.
Comment (Deposit): SERIES OF LENSES WITH A MAX LENGTH OF 100FT AND A WIDTH UP TO 5 OR 6FT THEY HAVE A DOWNWARD RAKE OF 45NE BUT NOT FOUND ON LOWER LEVEL. ORE FOUND MOSTLY NEAR SURFACE. ORE BODIESOCCUR IRREGULARLY ALONG STRIKE OF MAJOR SHEAR ZONE, USUALLY ONHANGING WALL SIDE.
Comment (Development): 8 PATENED CLAIMS: OUTLOOK, HIDDEN TREASURE, GOLDEN CHEST, MANILA, GREAT WESTERN, SMOKER, CASCADE, ORLEANS
Comment (Geology): HINTZMAN REPORTS MINERALIZATION IN FORMS OF FISSURE FILLING AND PREDOMINATLY AS REPLACEMENT OF BRECCIATED COUNTRY ROCK WITHIN SHEAR ZONE.
References
Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 40.
Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 8, P1 4&6, P. 33-35.
Reference (Deposit): PIQUETTE, J. F., 1940, GEOLOGY & ORE DEPOSITS OF THE CLINTON MINING DISTRICT: MONTANA SCHOOL OF MINES B. S. THESIS.
Reference (Deposit): MINING WORLD, VOL V, NO 24.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 660, P. 227.
Reference (Production): MBMG BULL 8, P. 33.
Principal Gold Districts of Montana
In Montana, 54 mining districts have each have produced more than 10,000 ounces of gold. The largest producers are Butte, Helena, Marysville, and Virginia City, each having produced more than one million ounces. Twenty seven other districts are each credited with between 100,000 and one million ounces of gold production. Read more: Principal Gold Districts of Montana.
