| Deposit ID | 10088898 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M800354 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Hidden Treasure Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.42102, 34.47227 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2012 |
| Relative position | 1.2 MILES NW OF SPRUCE MOUNTAIN LOOKOUT TOWER. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Yavapai(county)
Arizona(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Groom Creek(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
Prescott National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Yavapai |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 013N | 002W | 25 | CENTER OF SW | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite | ||
| |||
| Host or associated | Host | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | Green Gulch Volcanics | ||||||||
| Rock description | Green Gulch Volcanics | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Meta-Basalt | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite |
| (1) | -112.42102, 34.47227 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Foliation In Precambrian Rocks Trends N10e To N20e |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Veins Parallel Foliation And Crosscut It By 10-20 Degrees, Trending N20e To N-S |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N5W |
| Dip | STEEP |
| Depth to bottom | 30.48M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1895 |
| Year of first production | 1902 |
| Year of last production | 1950 |
| District name | Groom Creek District |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | W. H. Weatherbee; Mason William; Blake, Merdit And Ducan |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | C. H. Bennett Mrs. Fannie Bennett |
| First year | 1919 |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 400M |
| Overall depth | 21.34M |
| Overall length | 91.44M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M800354 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0040251132 |
USBM-ABGMT FILE DATA.
ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE DATA.
ARIZONA MINING JOURNAL, 1919, V. III, NO. 3, P. 23.
BLM DISTRICT SHEET #248.
USGS GQ MAP GQ-997.
CIMRI
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | SAME MINERAL SYSTEM AS THE MONTE CRISTO. DEPOSIT IS QUARTZ VEIN WHICH CUTS PROTEROZIC ROCKS. |
| Deposit | Discovery Year: 1890'S |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-DEC-1981 | Laraba, Peter (Dewitt, Ed) | Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology |
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