The Hidden Treasure Mine is a gold and silver mine located in La Paz county, Arizona at an elevation of 2,001 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: 2,001 Feet (610 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 33.75, -113.42889
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Hidden Treasure Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Hidden Treasure Mine
Secondary: Magic
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Manganese
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Lead
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: Arizona
County: La Paz
District: Harquahala District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1967
Time Period: 1932-1967
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^0.95 Oz Au/Ton, 3.9 Oz Ag/Ton, Minor Cu, Pb, Zn
Year: 1954
Time Period: 1953-1954
Material type: ORE MN
Description: Cp_Grade: ^20% Mn
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
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
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chrysocolla
Gangue: Calcite
Unknown: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Development): LOCATED IN 1932, AND WORKED SPORADICALLY THROUGH 1967; IN 1953-1954, SEVERAL SMALL LOTS OF 20% MN WAS SHIPPED OUT.
Comment (Geology): OVERTHRUST FAULTING IN DISTRICT PLACES PREC METAMORPHICS OVER PAL-MES SEDIMENTS; MINERALIZATION LOCALLY ASSOCIATEDWITH MICRODIORITE DIKES 20 TO 25 MY IN AGE.
References
Reference (Deposit): ABM BULL 137, P. 133
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT BULL 192, P. 153
Reference (Production): KEITH, S.B., 1978.
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