The Hidden Treasure Mine is a gold mine located in Clear Creek county, Colorado.
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Hidden Treasure Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Hidden Treasure Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Colorado
County: Clear Creek
District: Empire District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Commodity): largest and finest free gold in Empire district; assays to 0.3 oz/t gold and 42 oz/t silver.
Comment (Geology): Vein strikes ENE, pyritic gold type.
Comment (Location): About 1-1/3 miles S 75 W of Empire on the north slope of Lincoln Mountain. Numerous adits in SW/4 sec.29 and NW/4 sec.32, T3S, R74W.
Comment (Production): Upper adit produced ore of exceptionally high grade, but no record of production was found.
Comment (Workings): Two adits, one 700 feet above the other, on 5 patented claims.
References
Reference (Deposit): Sunshine Mining Co. Colorado exploration files, unpublished data, Colorado Geological Survey.
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 6,63
Reference (Deposit): Lovering, T. S., and Goddard, E. N., 1950, Geology and ore deposits of the Front Range, Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 223, 319 p.
Reference (Deposit): USGS P.P. 63, PL. 80
Reference (Deposit): BLM CONNECTING SHEETS
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