Hidden Treasure Mine

Past Producer in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Silver, Gold
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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088898
MRDS ID M800354
Record type Site
Current site name Hidden Treasure Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.42102, 34.47227 (WGS84)
Elevation 2012
Relative position 1.2 MILES NW OF SPRUCE MOUNTAIN LOOKOUT TOWER.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Groom Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bradshaw Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Agua Fria(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila-Agua Fria(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Prescott 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 Arizona Yavapai

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 013N 002W 25 CENTER OF SW Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • UTM TAKEN TO CENTER OF CLAIM LOCATED ON BLM DISTRICT SHEET #248.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Minor

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
    Rock unit name Green Gulch Volcanics
    Rock description Green Gulch Volcanics
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
    Chronological age 1760
    Dating method U-Pb (zircon)
    Type of media Zircon
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Meta-Basalt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
    Chronological age 1760
    Dating method U-Pb (zircon)
    Type of media Zircon
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.42102, 34.47227

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Foliation In Precambrian Rocks Trends N10e To N20e
Type of structure Local
Structure description Veins Parallel Foliation And Crosscut It By 10-20 Degrees, Trending N20e To N-S

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N5W
    Dip STEEP
    Depth to bottom 30.48M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting, Igneous Activity, Especially Dike Emplacement

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1895
Year of first production 1902
Year of last production 1950

Mining district

District name Groom Creek District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner W. H. Weatherbee; Mason William; Blake, Merdit And Ducan
  • Type Owner
    Owner C. H. Bennett Mrs. Fannie Bennett
    First year 1919

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 400M
    Overall depth 21.34M
    Overall length 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • OVER 300 FT OF TUNNELS (1916); CONSIDERABLE DRIFTING AND CROSSCUTTING (1917) 70 FT SHAFT (1917).

Comments on development

  • THE PROPERTY IS A SOUTH EXTENSION OF THE MONTE CRISTO.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM-ABGMT FILE DATA.

  • Deposit

    ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE DATA.

  • Deposit

    ARIZONA MINING JOURNAL, 1919, V. III, NO. 3, P. 23.

  • Deposit

    BLM DISTRICT SHEET #248.

  • Deposit

    USGS GQ MAP GQ-997.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SAME MINERAL SYSTEM AS THE MONTE CRISTO. DEPOSIT IS QUARTZ VEIN WHICH CUTS PROTEROZIC ROCKS.
Deposit Discovery Year: 1890'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1981 Laraba, Peter (Dewitt, Ed) Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

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