Hidden Treasure Claim Mine

Past Producer in Blaine county in Idaho, United States with commodities Silver, Copper, Lead, Gold, Zinc
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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070613
MRDS ID W013618
Record type Site
Current site name Hidden Treasure Claim Mine
Related records 10231717

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.61922, 43.88679 (WGS84)
Elevation 2804
Relative position 2 MI. NE OF GALENA, ID.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Blaine(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Galena Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sun Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hailey(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Salmon(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Sawtooth 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 Idaho Blaine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 007N 016E 31 Idaho

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLES AVERAGED 3.9 OZ AG/TON, 1.4% PB, 0.11% CU AND TRACE GOLD AND ZINC.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Wood River Formation-Quartzite
    Rock description Wood River Formation-Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.61922, 43.88679

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PINCHES, SWELLS
    Strike N 55 DEG E
    Dip 65 DEG SE
    Thickness 0.46M
    Length 109.73M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1880

Mining district

District name Galena District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Sawtooth National Forest

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: VEINS REVERSE DIP AND FOLLOW GENERAL INCLINE OF HILL. THIS REPRODUCTION OF VEINS HAS LED TO SOME ABORTIVE AND EXPENSIVE EXPLORATION.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1976 Murphy, Lyn S.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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