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Hidden Treasure Mine

Past Producer in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper, Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10020019
MRDS ID DC12180
Record type Site
Current site name Hidden Treasure Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.27191, 40.38827 (WGS84)
Elevation 2481
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 3,600 FT. S 6 W OF COMMADORE PASS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Stockton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rush Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rush-Tooele Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 005S 004W 15 NW OF SE OF NE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977; 1:24000 QUADRANGLE MAP IS A 1980 EDITION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Copper Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Aurichalcite Ore
Calamine Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Cuprite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Hydrozincite Ore
Malachite Ore
Plumbojarosite Ore
Smithsonite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Actinolite Gangue
Andradite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Diopside Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Sericite Gangue
Tremolite Gangue
Wollastonite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Analytical data

Result IN THE EARLY DAYS, ORE ASSAYED 15-40 OZ. AG AND 20-50 PERCENT PB. AROUND 1932 LEAD CARBONATE ORE AVERAGED 21-22 PERCENT PB WITH 40 PERCENTMAX., AG AVERAGED 18-19 OZ./TON, ZN 4 TO 6 PERCENT AND IRON 22 PERCENT. THE ZINC CARBONATE ORES AVERAGED 40 PERCENT ZN WITH 44 PERCENT MAXIMUM, 1 PERCENT CU AND 2 OZ/TON AG. THE COPPER CARBONATE ORES ASSAYED 22 PERCENT CU. THE SULPHIDE ORES ASSAYED 30 PERCENT ZN, 14 PERCENT PB, 8-10 OZ./TON AG. UP TO 50 CENTS IN GOLD PER TON MAY OCCUR IN ANY OF THE ORES

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Madison Limestone
    Rock description Madison Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.27191, 40.38827
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Oquirrh Mtns
Type of structure Local
Structure description Close To Axis Of Ophir Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form PIPE
    Strike N
    Dip VERTICAL
    Thickness 30.48M
    Width 15.24M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissures Within 5-10 Degrees Of North

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ophir District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U. V. Industries
    Home office 136 E. South Temple, Salt Lake City, Ut. 84111

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION OF HIDDEN TREASURE, CHICAGO, CLIFF AND SACRAMENTO OVER 3,000,000 DOLLARS

Comments on the workings information

  • EXTENSIVE WORKINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GILLULY, J., 1932, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE STOCKTON AND FAIRFIELD QUADRANGLES, UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. 173, P. 144-146.

  • Deposit

    MITCHELL, H.G., 1925, A GEOLOGICAL REPORT ON THE DRY CANYON DIVISION OF THE OPHIR MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: THESIS STANFORD UNIVERSITY.

  • Deposit

    BUTLER, B.S., ET. AL., 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. 111, P. 378-379

  • Deposit

    HEYL, A.V., 1963, OXIDIZED ZINC DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES-PART 2, UTAH: USGS BULL. 1135-B, P. 61.

  • Deposit

    BISSELL, H.J. (ED.), 1959, GEOLOGY OF THE SOUTHERN OQUIRRH MTNS. AND FIVEMILE PASS NORTHERN BOULTER MOUNTAIN AREA, TOOELE AND UTAH COUNTIES, UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH NO. 14, P. 222.

  • Production

    USBM, 1927-1953, MINERAL YEARBOOK

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE DEPOSITS ALONG HIDDEN TREASURE EAST AND WEST SIDE SHOOTS WHICH START BELOW BASAL SHALE OF DESERET LIMESTONE AND DIVERGE NORTHWARD UNTIL THEY ARE 300 FT. APART
Deposit HIDDEN TREASURE, CHICAGO, SACRAMENTO AND CLIFF MINES WERE CONSOLIDATED INTO ONE UNIT BY 1918. PRINCIPAL CLAIMS ARE HIDDEN TREASURE AMENDED, COLUMBIA, CHICAGO NO. 2, SACRAMENTO, RED PINE, ANNA, SUMMIT AND HERCULES ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1982 Tripp, Bryce T. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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