The Hidden Treasure Mine is a copper mine located in Carbon county, Wyoming at an elevation of 9,219 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 9,219 Feet (2,810 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 41.15528, -106.94806
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Hidden Treasure Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Hidden Treasure Mine
Secondary: Hidden Treasure Tunnel
Secondary: Hidden Treasure No. 3
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: Wyoming
County: Carbon
Land Status
Administrative Organization: Medicine Bow
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: R. R. Crow Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Sierra Madre Range
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Diorite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: MIN. EXAM. 1962. FS.
Analytical Data: AVg. assay 0.3 opt Au.
Analytical Data: One sample assayed 11 opt Au (not clear if this is included in the 9 samples averaging 0.3 opt).
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Feldspar
Gangue: Siderite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Hematite
Comments
Comment (Development): ECON.COM: HEMATITE INSIGNIFICANT
Comment (Geology): Brecciated and mylonitized schist, quartzite, and altered intrusive diorite.
Comment (Geology): Country rocks strike N70E, dip steeply south.
References
Reference (Deposit): MIN. EXAM. FS. 1962.
Reference (Deposit): 1962 OTHER FS
Reference (Deposit): Hausel, 1997, Copper, lead, zinc, molybdenum, and associated metal deposits of Wyoming: Wyoming State Geological Survey Bull. 70, p. 170.
Reference (Deposit): Hausel, 1986, Mineral deposits of the Encampment mining district, Sierra Madre, Wyoming-Colorado: Geological Survey of Wyoming RI-37, p. 17.
Reference (Deposit): Osterwald and others, 1966, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50 [revised ed.], p. 47, 117.
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