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Hidden Treasure Mine

Past Producer in Mohave county in Arizona, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver, Gold, Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  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 10027825
MRDS ID M004177
Record type Site
Current site name Hidden Treasure Mine
Related records 10283717

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.17191, 35.39724 (WGS84)
Elevation 1463
Relative position 2 MILES SE OF CHLORIDE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mohave(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chloride(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Davis Dam(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kingman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sacramento Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)

Bureau of Land Management AZ BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Mohave

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 023N 018W 11 CENTER OF E2 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.17191, 35.39724
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Prec Schistosity N30e, Lcret Veins, Fissures, Dikes Nw To Nnw Regionally

Ore body information

  • Strike N 50 W
    Dip NE
    Width 4.57M

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINERALIZATION ASSOCIATED WITH PORPHYRY INTRUSION, LCRET

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1927
Year of last production 1956
Production years 1901 - 1948

Mining district

District name Wallapai District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner W. C. Nelson (Acquired From Mrs Gutman)
    First year 1960

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION DATA MAY INCLUDE SOME FROM THE EMERSON MINE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 914.4M
    Overall depth 35.97M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS INCLUDE 305 FT TUNNEL; 150 FT TUNNEL; 3 SHAFTS OF 118, 65, AND 45 FT; OTHER SMALLER SHAFTS

Comments on development

  • CLAIMS INCLUDE HIDDEN TREASURE, REVENUE, CHENANGO, ALABAMBA; ADJACENT TO EMERSON MINE; PREVIOUS OWNERS AND OPERATORS INCLUDE THOMAS THORNTON, ARIZONA MOHAVE MINES AND DEVELOPMENT CO, G.B. BUTCHER, L.V. KOONTZ, DAN J. BARKSDALE, FRANK GRANNIS, W.C. BABCOCK, SAM BERRYMAN, CHLORIDE MINING CO

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DINGS, M.C., 1951 , THE WALLAPAI MINING DISTRICT, CERBAT MOUNTAINS, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA; U.S.G.S. BULL. 978-E

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER, F.C., 1909 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE CERBAT RANGE, BLACK MOUNTAINS, AND GRAND WASH CLIFFS, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA; U.S.G.S. BULL. 397

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    ADMR FILE DATA

  • Production

    U.S.G.S. BULL. 978-E, U.S.B.M. R.I. 4101

  • Reserve-Resource

    U.S.B.M. R.I. 4101

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 5 OR MORE PARALLEL FISSURE VEINS, GENERALLY DIPPING 77NE, BUT ONE OF WHICH DIPS SW

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1978 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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