| Deposit ID | 10102196 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | FS00015 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 560070348 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Hidden Treasure Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Hidden Treasure No. 3 |
| Included sites | Hidden Treasure Tunnel |
| Geographic coordinates: | -106.94806, 41.15528 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2810 |
| Location accuracy | 500(meters) |
| Relative position | 1 mi. east of the old town of Battle and 0.5 mi from the Gertrude claim. (Terry Klein used location DIGITIZED ON 24 K TOPO FROM LOCATION TRANSFERRED FROM SPENCER, 1904), Est 500 m. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Carbon(county)
Wyoming(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Red Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Saratoga(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Rawlins(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper North Platte(hydrologic unit)
North Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)
North Platte(hydrologic subregion)
Missouri(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Wyoming | Carbon |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6th Principal | 014N | 085W | 28 | NWSENE | Wyoming |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Gold | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Chalcocite | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Hematite | Gangue |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Siderite | Gangue |
| Feldspar | Gangue |
| Result | MIN. EXAM. 1962. FS. |
|---|---|
| Result | AVg. assay 0.3 opt Au. |
| Result | One sample assayed 11 opt Au (not clear if this is included in the 9 samples averaging 0.3 opt). |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Schist |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite |
| (1) | -106.94806, 41.15528 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Sierra Madre Range |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Ownership category | |
|---|---|
| Area name | Medicine Bow |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | R. R. Crow Co. |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Name of workings | tunnel |
| Length | 304.8M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | FS00015 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 560070348 | =newMRDS 10157162, merged and deleted. |
Osterwald and others, 1966, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50 [revised ed.], p. 47, 117.
Hausel, 1986, Mineral deposits of the Encampment mining district, Sierra Madre, Wyoming-Colorado: Geological Survey of Wyoming RI-37, p. 17.
Hausel, 1997, Copper, lead, zinc, molybdenum, and associated metal deposits of Wyoming: Wyoming State Geological Survey Bull. 70, p. 170.
MIN. EXAM. FS. 1962.
1962 OTHER FS
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 1976-02-01 | Sierk, Betty M. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Reporter | 1983-11-18 | Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) | U.S. Bureau of Mines | |
| Editor | 2009-02-02 | Wilson, Anna B. | U.S. Geological Survey |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.