Hidden Treasure

Past Producer in Missoula county in Montana, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Arsenic
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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10069762
MRDS ID W007437
Record type Site
Current site name Hidden Treasure
Alternate or previous names Hidden Treasure Group
Related records 10245583

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.66538, 46.78017 (WGS84)
Elevation 1241
Relative position 2.5 MILES N.E. OF CLINTON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Missoula(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Clinton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Missoula East(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Missoula

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 012N 016W 19 Montana

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Enargite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Malachite Ore
Smithsonite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 1889 7 CARLOADS AVERAGED 11% CU, 25OZ/TON AG, 0.2OZ/TON AU.

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.66538, 46.78017

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Bearmouth Overthrust
Type of structure Local
Structure description Clinton Stock

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR LENSES

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone That Is 25-40ft Wide.

Comments on the geologic information

  • HINTZMAN REPORTS MINERALIZATION IN FORMS OF FISSURE FILLING AND PREDOMINATLY AS REPLACEMENT OF BRECCIATED COUNTRY ROCK WITHIN SHEAR ZONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1879
Discoverer Mr. Keime, Sr.
Year of first production 1889

Mining district

District name Clinton District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Ward, Sidney M.

Comments on the production information

  • 1889 7 CARS OF ORE AT 25 OZ/TON AG, 0.2 OZ/TON AG

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 MAJOR ADITS, TOP ADIT GT 1200FT LONG, LOWER ADIT ABOUT 1000FT LONG. ABOVE PORTAL #1 (TOP ADIT) THERE ARE 4 ELE FLOOR, WINZE, STOPES, RISES.

Comments on development

  • 8 PATENED CLAIMS: OUTLOOK, HIDDEN TREASURE, GOLDEN CHEST, MANILA, GREAT WESTERN, SMOKER, CASCADE, ORLEANS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 40.

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 8, P1 4&6, P. 33-35.

  • Deposit

    PIQUETTE, J. F., 1940, GEOLOGY & ORE DEPOSITS OF THE CLINTON MINING DISTRICT: MONTANA SCHOOL OF MINES B. S. THESIS.

  • Deposit

    MINING WORLD, VOL V, NO 24.

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 660, P. 227.

  • Production

    MBMG BULL 8, P. 33.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SERIES OF LENSES WITH A MAX LENGTH OF 100FT AND A WIDTH UP TO 5 OR 6FT THEY HAVE A DOWNWARD RAKE OF 45NE BUT NOT FOUND ON LOWER LEVEL. ORE FOUND MOSTLY NEAR SURFACE. ORE BODIESOCCUR IRREGULARLY ALONG STRIKE OF MAJOR SHEAR ZONE, USUALLY ONHANGING WALL SIDE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1975 Mlynarczyk, Meg S. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1981 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