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Hidden Treasure Mine

Past Producer in Sweet Grass county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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  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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101964
MRDS ID DC08790
Record type Site
Current site name Hidden Treasure Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.20913, 45.21659 (WGS84)
Elevation 2896
Relative position 1.5 MILE NORTH OF MONUMENT PEAK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sweet Grass(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Haystack Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gardiner(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bozeman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Yellowstone(hydrologic unit)

Upper Yellowstone(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Yellowstone(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Custer Gallatin National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Sweet Grass

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 007S 012E 23 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • POSITION GIVEN APROXIMATE FOR LOCATION. CLAIMS ARE SHORT DISTANCE SOUTHWORD OF INDEPENDENCE MINE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericitized Diorite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.20913, 45.21659
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip VERT.

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Independence (Boulder River) Region

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 152.4M
    Overall length 152.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • THREE ADITS AND A SHAFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REED, G, 1950, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS, PARK CO, MONT., USBM INF. CIRC. 7546, P. 57.

  • Deposit

    WEDOW, H, ET AL, 1975, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE ABSAROKA PRIM AREA AND VICINITY, PARK AND SWEETGRASS CO., MONT, USGS BULL 1391-B, P 35

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 12-29-1961

  • Deposit

    1950 COMPILE USBM INF. CIR. 7546

  • Deposit

    1975 GEOCHEM WEDOW, BULL 1391-B

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 3 ADITS, 1 SHAFT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1980 Doyle, Brien (Wells, John) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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