Hidden Treasure Mine

Past Producer in La Paz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Zinc, Lead, Copper, Manganese, Iron
Sections on this page
  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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Production statistics
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027652
MRDS ID M003685
Record type Site
Current site name Hidden Treasure Mine
Alternate or previous names Magic
Related records 10113203

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.42966, 33.75006 (WGS84)
Elevation 610
Relative position ABOUT 16 1/2 MI. SE OF SALOME

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

La Paz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Socorro Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salome(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Phoenix(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Centennial Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila-Agua Fria(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)

Bureau of Land Management AZ BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona La Paz

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 005N 011W 29 NW OF CENTER; N OF CENTER Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Lead Secondary
Copper Secondary
Manganese Critical Secondary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysocolla Ore
Calcite Gangue
Limonite Unknown

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.42966, 33.75006

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike SW
    Dip VERT

Controls for ore emplacement

  • The Ore Deposit Occurs In A Sw Trending, Steepy Dipping Strike-Fault Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • OVERTHRUST FAULTING IN DISTRICT PLACES PREC METAMORPHICS OVER PAL-MES SEDIMENTS; MINERALIZATION LOCALLY ASSOCIATEDWITH MICRODIORITE DIKES 20 TO 25 MY IN AGE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Harquahala District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Production statistics

  • Year 1954
    Period 1953-1954
    Material ORE MN
    Description Cp_Grade: ^20% Mn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Manganese Manganese 20wt-pct
  • Year 1967
    Period 1932-1967
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^0.95 Oz Au/Ton, 3.9 Oz Ag/Ton, Minor Cu, Pb, Zn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Silver Silver 110g/mt
    Ore Gold Gold 27g/mt

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 42.67M
    Overall depth 60.96M

Comments on development

  • LOCATED IN 1932, AND WORKED SPORADICALLY THROUGH 1967; IN 1953-1954, SEVERAL SMALL LOTS OF 20% MN WAS SHIPPED OUT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ABM BULL 137, P. 133

  • Deposit

    ABGMT BULL 192, P. 153

  • Production

    KEITH, S.B., 1978.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-1979 Hall, R. K. (Creasey, S. C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references

Authoritative Arizona resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.