| Deposit ID | 10106579 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M058880 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Hidden Treasure Mine |
| Included sites | OK Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.07691, 38.45496 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1661 |
| Relative position | 7,550 FEET N 30 W FROM THE 5480 FOOT PEAK IN SECTION 26, T 27 S, R 11 W |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Beaver(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Milford(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Wah Wah Mountains South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Beaver Bottoms-Upper Beaver(hydrologic unit)
Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)
Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)
Great Basin(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Beaver |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 027S | 011W | 22 | NW OF NE OF NW | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Silver | Tertiary |
| Gold | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Bornite | Ore |
| Brochantite | Ore |
| Chalcocite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Chrysocolla | Ore |
| Covellite | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Diopside | Gangue |
| Garnet | Gangue |
| Serpentine | Gangue |
| Wollastonite | Gangue |
| Magnetite | Unknown |
| Result | AVERAGE GRADE WAS 2% CU, 27% FE, 1 OZ/TON AG, .01 OZ/TON AU |
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| Model code | 59 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 18b |
| Deposit model name | Skarn Cu |
| Mark3 model number | 8 |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite | ||||||
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| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Rock unit name | Toroweap |
| Rock description | Toroweap |
| (1) | -113.07691, 38.45496 |
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| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Seveir Orogenic Belt, Pioche Mineral Belt |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Northeast Striking Faults |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 52 E |
| Dip | 90 |
| Thickness | 73.15M |
| Length | 243.84M |
| Width | 60.96M |
| Depth to top | 27.43M |
| Depth to bottom | 100.58M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | Yes |
| Discovery year | 1960 |
| Discoverer | American Mining Company |
| Year of first production | 1974 |
| District name | Rocky Range District |
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| Ownership category | Private |
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| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Essex International |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | American Mining Co. |
| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1998 | ||||||||||||||
| Indicated | 856000mt ore | ||||||||||||||
| Remarks | at .4% cutoff grade\nMDA estimate, 1998 | ||||||||||||||
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| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1998 | ||||||||||||||
| Indicated | 828000mt ore | ||||||||||||||
| Remarks | at .6% cutoff grade\nMDA estimate, 1998 | ||||||||||||||
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| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1998 | ||||||||||||||
| Indicated | 775000mt ore | ||||||||||||||
| Remarks | at 1% cutoff grade\nMDA estimate, 1998 | ||||||||||||||
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| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Area | 3.505HA |
| Overall depth | 60.96M |
| Overall length | 304.8M |
| Overall width | 121.92M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M058880 |
MDA-Western States Engineering, 1998 OK Mine Profect Feasibility Study, Vol. 1 Nevada Star Resource Corp. private report, Dec. 1998
WHELAN, J.A., 1982, GEOLOGY, ORE DEPOSITS, AND MINERALOGY OF THE ROCKY RANGE, NEAR MILFORD, BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH: UGMS SPECIAL STUDIES NO. 57, 35 P.
SHUBAT, M.A., 1985, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION; UGMS
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF A COPPER-RICH WALLASTENITE-MAGNETITE-SERPENTINE-DIOPSIDE-GARNED SKARN. SKARN LOCALLIZED BY INTRUSIVE CONTACT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUN-1985 | Shubat, Michael A. | Utah Geological and Mineral Survey |
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