The Hidden Hand is a gold mine located in Powell county, Montana at an elevation of 6,161 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: 6,161 Feet (1,878 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 46.3889, -112.58140
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Hidden Hand MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Hidden Hand
Secondary: Lower Hidden Hand
Secondary: Baggs Creek
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Arsenic
Location
State: Montana
County: Powell
District: Emery (Zosell) District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Gulf Mineral Resources Co.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Colorado
Info Year: 1977
Owner Name: Freeport-Mcmoran Gold Co.
Home Office: Louisiana
Info Year: 1998
Years: 1987 - 1989
Owner Name: Hecla
Info Year: 1998
Years: 1990 - 1991
Owner Name: Pegasus
Info Year: 1998
Years: 1991 -
Owner Name: Hiko Bell Mining And Oil Co.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Utah
Info Year: 1998
Owner Name: USMX, Inc.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Colorado
Info Year: 1998
Years: 1989 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Tourmaline
Unknown: Sphalerite
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Galena
Unknown: Bournonite
Unknown: Cerussite
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): GRADES IN MATRIX 1 ARE FROM AN ASSAY OF GRAB SAMPLE FROM EME GRADES IN MATRIX 2 ARE FROM 701, AVERAGES OF PRODUCTION STATI TONNAGES ARE ESTIMATES OF INVESTIGATOR
Comment (Reserve-Resource): RECORD 1: GRADES ARE FROM ASSAY OF GRAB SAMPLE OF EMERY. RECORD 2: GRADES ARE FROM 701 AVG OF PROD. TONNAGES ARE ESTIMATES OF INVESTIGATOR, SEE BACKUP FILES.
References
Reference (Deposit): RUPPEL,1961,USGS MAP MF-174
Reference (Deposit): YOUNG,ETAL,1962,MBMG BULL.30,P.34
Reference (Deposit): PARDEE AND SCHRADER,1933,USGS BULL.842,P.280-281
Reference (Deposit): MCCLERNAN,1976,MBMG BULL.98,P.23,59
Reference (Deposit): ROBERTSON,1953,MBMG MEM.34,P.16, PL 5B
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.
