The Hidden Treasure Mine is a copper mine located in Beaver county, Utah at an elevation of 5,449 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,449 Feet (1,661 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 38.455, -113.07611
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Hidden Treasure Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Hidden Treasure Mine
Secondary: OK Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Utah
County: Beaver
District: Rocky Range District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
Owner Name: American Mining Co.
Owner Name: Essex International
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Skarn Cu
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1974
Discovery Year: 1960
Discovery Method: Geophysical Anomaly
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Skarn Cu
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Seveir Orogenic Belt, Pioche Mineral Belt
Type: L
Description: Northeast Striking Faults
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Contact Metasomatism
Rocks
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: AVERAGE GRADE WAS 2% CU, 27% FE, 1 OZ/TON AG, .01 OZ/TON AU
Materials
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Covellite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Brochantite
Ore: Bornite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Diopside
Gangue: Wollastonite
Gangue: Serpentine
Unknown: Magnetite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF A COPPER-RICH WALLASTENITE-MAGNETITE-SERPENTINE-DIOPSIDE-GARNED SKARN. SKARN LOCALLIZED BY INTRUSIVE CONTACT
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1974)
Comment (Reserve-Resource): WHELAN, 1982
Comment (Development): DISCOVERED BY GROUND MAGNETIC SURVEY, DRILLED OUT BY AMERICAN MINING CO., DEPOSIT MINED BY ESSEX INTERNATIONAL IN 1974
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF ONE PIT WITH RAMP DOWN FROM WEST END. TOTAL DEPTH LESS THAN 200 FEET
Comment (Development): ******SEE OK Mine; Deposit ID 10101379 for detailed info
References
Reference (Development): MDA-Western States Engineering, 1998 OK Mine Profect Feasibility Study, Vol. 1 Nevada Star Resource Corp. private report, Dec. 1998
Reference (Deposit): WHELAN, J.A., 1982, GEOLOGY, ORE DEPOSITS, AND MINERALOGY OF THE ROCKY RANGE, NEAR MILFORD, BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH: UGMS SPECIAL STUDIES NO. 57, 35 P.
Reference (Deposit): SHUBAT, M.A., 1985, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION; UGMS
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