Hidden Treasure Group Mine

The Hidden Treasure Group Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Lawrence county, South Dakota at an elevation of 5,400 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

Name: Hidden Treasure Group Mine  

State:  South Dakota

County:  Lawrence

Elevation: 5,400 Feet (1,646 Meters)

Commodity: Gold, Silver

Lat, Long: 44.35861, -103.81056

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Hidden Treasure Group Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Hidden Treasure Group Mine


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Fluorine-Fluorite


Location

State: South Dakota
County: Lawrence
District: Lead District


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Type: Underground


Ownership

Owner Name: Hoosier Mining And Milling Co.


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1876
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Interior Plains
Physiographic Province: Great Plains Province
Physiographic Section: Black Hills


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Plutonic Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Plutonic Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Plutonic Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Silver
Ore: Gold
Ore: Fluorite


Comments

Comment (Geology): INTRUSIVE MINERALIZATION = TERT, PLACER MINERALIZATION = PREC

Comment (Location): T5N R3E SEC 30 AND 31 AND ADJACENT PARTS OF T5N R2E SEC 25 AND 36

Comment (Development): 194 AC OF PATENTED CLAIMS, DEVELOPMENT EXTENDED DOWN INTO UNDERLYING PRECAMBRIAN SCHISTS AND WAS ASSOCIATED WITH TERTIARY INTRUSIONS.

Comment (Deposit): THICKNESS = 2-12 FT (PLACER)

Comment (Workings): ONE SHAFT AND NUMEROUS SHORT DRIFTS


References

Reference (Deposit): US BUREAU OF MINES, 1954 , BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART I, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7688 .

Reference (Deposit): SHAPIRO, LEWIS, H., AND GRIES, JOHN P., 1970 , ORE DEPOSITS IN ROCKS OF PALEOZOIC AND TERTIARY AGE OF THE NORTHERN BLACK HILLS, SOUTH DAKOTA, SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY.


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