Hidden Treasure Mine

Past Producer in Camas county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Gold, Zinc
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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070787
MRDS ID W013875
MAS/MILS ID 0160250008
Record type Site
Current site name Hidden Treasure Mine
Alternate or previous names Tamarack Sherman, Sherman Mine, Big Five

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.66812, 43.58659 (WGS84)
Elevation 2377
Relative position NEAR CARRIETOWN; 17 MI. WSW OF KETCHUM, ID.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Camas(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dollarhide Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sun Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hailey(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Boise(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Sawtooth National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Camas

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 003N 015E 21 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Analytical data

Result 15 - 20% PB
Result 10 OZ. AG AND 0.2 OZ. AU/TON IN ORE BLOCKED OUT

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Wood River Formation-Quartzite
    Rock description Wood River Formation-Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.66812, 43.58659

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Little Smoky District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • $8,000 Production

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 304.8M
    Overall depth 12.19M

Comments on the workings information

  • 40 - Ft. Shaft And 3 Tunnels

Comments on development

  • 4 Unpatented Claims ; Econ.Com: (1913) 20 Miles To Nearest Railroad Shipping Point.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    Umpleby, J. B., 1914, USGS Bulletin 580 - K.

  • Reserve-Resource

    Umpleby, J. B., 1914, USGS Bulletin 580 - K

  • Deposit

    Umpleby, J. B., 1914, Ore Deposits In The Sawtooth Quadrangle, Blaine And Custer Counties, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 580 - K, P. 221 - 249

  • Deposit

    Ross, C. P., 1930, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Seafoam, Alder Creek, Little Smoky, And Willow Creek Mining Districts, Custer And Camas Counties, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 33, 26 P, P. 24

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1976 Everett, Sandra E. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 30-JAN-1995 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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