| Deposit ID | 10069762 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W007437 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Hidden Treasure |
| Alternate or previous names | Hidden Treasure Group |
| Related records | 10245583 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.66538, 46.78017 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1241 |
| Relative position | 2.5 MILES N.E. OF CLINTON |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Missoula(county)
Montana(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Clinton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Missoula East(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper Clark Fork(hydrologic unit)
Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)
Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)
Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Montana | Missoula |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montana Principal | 012N | 016W | 19 | Montana |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Lead | Secondary |
| Zinc Critical | Secondary |
| Arsenic Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Anglesite | Ore |
| Chalcocite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Enargite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Smithsonite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | 1889 7 CARLOADS AVERAGED 11% CU, 25OZ/TON AG, 0.2OZ/TON AU. |
|---|
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite | ||||
| Rock unit name | Missoula Group | ||||
| Rock description | Missoula Group | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -113.66538, 46.78017 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Bearmouth Overthrust |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Clinton Stock |
| General form | IRREGULAR LENSES |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1879 |
| Discoverer | Mr. Keime, Sr. |
| Year of first production | 1889 |
| District name | Clinton District |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Ward, Sidney M. |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W007437 |
MBMG BULL 40.
MBMG BULL 8, P1 4&6, P. 33-35.
PIQUETTE, J. F., 1940, GEOLOGY & ORE DEPOSITS OF THE CLINTON MINING DISTRICT: MONTANA SCHOOL OF MINES B. S. THESIS.
MINING WORLD, VOL V, NO 24.
USGS BULL 660, P. 227.
MBMG BULL 8, P. 33.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | SERIES OF LENSES WITH A MAX LENGTH OF 100FT AND A WIDTH UP TO 5 OR 6FT THEY HAVE A DOWNWARD RAKE OF 45NE BUT NOT FOUND ON LOWER LEVEL. ORE FOUND MOSTLY NEAR SURFACE. ORE BODIESOCCUR IRREGULARLY ALONG STRIKE OF MAJOR SHEAR ZONE, USUALLY ONHANGING WALL SIDE. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-OCT-1975 | Mlynarczyk, Meg S. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-JUN-1981 | Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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