| Deposit ID | 10048071 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M800045 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Hidden Treasure Mine |
| Related records | 10137473 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.17963, 34.25366 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 937 |
| Relative position | 3.5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CLEATOR, ARIZONA. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Yavapai(county)
Arizona(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Cleator(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
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Yavapai |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 010N | 002E | 7,8 | SE OF SE (07); SW OF SW (08) | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Lead | Tertiary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | DUMP MATERIAL CONTAINS VERY LITTLE LOW GRADE GOLD, PROBABLY LESS THAN 0.05 OZ/TON. |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||
| Rock unit name | Badger Springs Granodiorite | ||
| Rock description | Badger Springs Granodiorite | ||
| |||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite |
| (1) | Early Proterozoic granitic rocks |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Foliation Trends N - S |
| General form | LENS, TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | NORTH TO NORTHWEST |
| Dip | 70 E |
| Thickness | 1.52M |
| Length | 106.68M |
| Width | 91.44M |
| Depth to bottom | 91.44M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1925 |
| District name | Richinbar District |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Eldred Lane, Pope And Talbott Inc. |
| Home office | San Francisco, Ca |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Area | 0.026HA |
| Length | 243.84M |
| Overall depth | 91.44M |
| Overall length | 91.44M |
| Overall width | 3.05M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M800045 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0040251130 |
AZ DEPT MIN. RESOURCES FILE DATA.
ABGMT BULL 140, P. 102.
USGS BULL 782, P. 158.
USGS BULL 1345, P. 34.
CIMRI
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | HIDDEN TREASURE IS VEIN CUTTING PRECAMBRIAN GRANODIORITE. DEPOSIT IS LISTED BY LINDGREN AS POSSIBLY TERTIARY IN AGE. |
| Deposit | Discovery Year: EARLY 1900'S |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-SEP-1981 | Dewitt, Ed H. | Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.
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