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Hidden Treasure Mine

Past Producer in Clear Creek county in Colorado, 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10108385
MRDS ID DC05244
Record type Site
Current site name Hidden Treasure Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Geographic coordinates: Elevation UTM Precision Relative position Point location
-105.70866, 39.75638 (WGS84)
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-105.7031, 39.75416 (WGS84) 100

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clear Creek(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Empire(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Denver West(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Denver(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Clear(hydrologic unit)

South Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Clear Creek

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 03S 74W 30 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • About 1-1/3 miles S 75 W of Empire on the north slope of Lincoln Mountain. Numerous adits in SW/4 sec.29 and NW/4 sec.32, T3S, R74W.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • largest and finest free gold in Empire district; assays to 0.3 oz/t gold and 42 oz/t silver.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) Glacial drift
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(2) -105.7031, 39.75416
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Vein strikes ENE, pyritic gold type.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Empire District

Comments on the production information

  • Upper adit produced ore of exceptionally high grade, but no record of production was found.

Comments on the workings information

  • Two adits, one 700 feet above the other, on 5 patented claims.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS P.P. 63, PL. 80

  • Deposit

    BLM CONNECTING SHEETS

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 6,63

  • Deposit

    Lovering, T. S., and Goddard, E. N., 1950, Geology and ore deposits of the Front Range, Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 223, 319 p.

  • Deposit

    Sunshine Mining Co. Colorado exploration files, unpublished data, Colorado Geological Survey.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-73 Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 23-DEC-05 Beach, Richard A. Colorado Geological Survey
Updater 30-JUL-07 Melton, Greg U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Colorado resources

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