Hidden Treasure

Past Producer in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  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 10228007
MAS/MILS ID 0490450041
Record type Site
Current site name Hidden Treasure
Alternate or previous names Sacramento, Chicago

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -112.2702, 40.38884 (WGS84)
Elevation 2400
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Stockton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rush Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rush-Tooele Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 005 S 004 W 15 SWNENE Utah

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Actinolite Unknown
Adularia Unknown
Aurichalcite Unknown
Azurite Unknown
Calcite Unknown
Cerussite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Chert Unknown
Chlorite Unknown
Cuprite Unknown
Diopside Unknown
Epidote Unknown
Galena Unknown
Hydrozincite Unknown
Malachite Unknown
Plumbojarosite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Sericite Unknown
Silver Unknown
Smithsonite Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -112.2702, 40.38884

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N60E
    Dip 35S
    Thickness 30M
    Length 250M
    Width 350M
    Area 48HA
    Depth to top 200M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Shape of Orebody #2 PIPELIKE
    Shape of Orebody #3 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin OXIDATION
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 ADV ARGILLIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 SILICIFICATION
    Strike And Dip N60E:35S
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 1
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 48
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1871

Mining district

District name Ophir District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U. V. Industries In Salt Lake City Univ. Club Bldg. Slc
    Interest 100
    Home office Utah
    Year 1976

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 6000M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Mining Method ROOM AND PILLAR 10-34
    Swell Factor .65
    Hardness of Rock SOFT NONPLASTIC WITH LITTLE WATER
    Rock Characteristics ONE SYSTEM OF WEAKNESS PLANES
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING
    Mine Support Chars. TIMBER
    Length of Inclines (m) 550
    Slope of Inclines 35
    Number of Inclines 5
    Avg. Length of Adits (m) 50
    Number of Adits 2
    1st Condition of Workings OPEN
    2nd Condition of Workings PART ACCESSIBLE
    3rd Condition of Workings SEALED
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Year of Information 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    THE STOCKTON DISTRICT, 1932, USGS PROF PAP. 132, PP 145-6.

  • Deposit

    GUIDEBOOK #14 GEOLOGY OF SOUTHERNOQUIRRH MTNS. BY UT. GEOL.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE UPPER WORKINGS CALLED THE GRANITE TUNNEL ARE CAVED THE LOWER WORKINGS CALLED THE SOVEREIGN WERE PARTLY BLOCKED RESERVES DETERMINED BY EVALUATOR

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-84 Utah Geological And Mineral Survey Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references