Hidden Lake Mine

Past Producer in Granite county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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. 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. Production statistics
  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 10069758
MRDS ID W007431
Record type Site
Current site name Hidden Lake Mine
Related records 10221012

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.20008, 46.23156 (WGS84)
Elevation 2246
Relative position 2800 FEET SOUTHWEST OF HIDDEN LAKE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Granite(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Silver Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Philipsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Clark Fork(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Beaverhead-Deerlodge 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 Montana Granite

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 006N 013W 35 SW OF NW Montana

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Missoula Group
    Rock description Missoula Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Cable Mountain Fault
Type of structure Local
Structure description Cable Stock

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike NE
    Dip STEEP

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1933

Mining district

District name Red Lion-Hidden Lake District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Production statistics

  • Year 1942
    Period 1933-1942
    Material AU
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^0.2 Oz/Ton Au
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Gold Gold 6g/mt

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 700M
    Overall depth 150M

Comments on the workings information

  • MILL ON PROPERTY BUT POOR CONDITION. MINE DEVELOPED BY A SHAFT AND AN ADIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 84, P. 37-38

  • Deposit

    1937 GEOLMAP MBMG

  • Deposit

    1966 GEOLMAP MBMG F. N. EARLL

  • Production

    MBMG BULL 84.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SOFT VEIN MATERIAL MADE IT PROFITABLE TO MINE THE LOW GRADE ORE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1975 Mlynarczyk, Meg S. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1980 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references