USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Arizona · Yavapai County
Hidden Treasure Mine
Mindat Confirmed Gold Underground 4 mapped shafts 1 mapped adit
Key facts
- State
- Arizona
- County
- Yavapai
- Mining district
- Richinbar District
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Underground
- Primary commodity
- Gold
- Verification
- Mindat Confirmed
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
A Au-Ag mine. Mineralization is a 12 foot wide ore ledge. Workings include a 50 foot deep shaft (1881).
Additional documented workings
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Shaft
— documented in 3 source records,
noting 50 ft deep, 12 ft wide.
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features · Mindat -
Adit
— documented in 1 source record.
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 4 shaft symbols
- 1 adit symbol
- Adit : Cleator , 1974
- Shaft : Cleator , 1974
- Shaft : Cleator , 1974
View individual source records (6)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
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Adit
Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Adit). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field. -
Shaft
Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Mine Shaft). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field. -
Shaft
Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Mine Shaft). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field. -
Shaft
· depth 50 ft
Documented in Mindat locality data. Evidence: A Au-Ag mine. Mineralization is a 12 foot wide ore ledge. Workings include a 50 foot deep shaft (1881). Historical context: lization…
- USGS MRDS working type: Underground
- MRDS work_type documents underground workings: Underground · work_type
Verification
Mindat Confirmed
Mindat locality corroborates underground workings.
Why confirmed?
Mindat locality corroborates underground workings.
Why it's listed
USGS source data documents underground workings for this record.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Past Producer
Operators / organizations
- Eldred Lane, Pope And Talbott Inc. · Source-reported owner
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Pyrite
- Quartz
- Galena
- Native Gold
- Pyrite
- Quartz
Access & recent conditions
- Land
- unknown
Community reports
No community field reports yet.
I Visited This MineSources & evidence
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features
Type: Historical mapped physical features
Dataset: DOI 10.5066/P9TAALR6
Supports:
- mapped shaft symbols (4)
- mapped adit symbols (1)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Arizona Geological Survey / ADMMR
Type: Historical mine documents
Record: 1 historical document
Supports:
- historical mine identity
- historical mine documentation
Historical documentation does not imply current access or open workings.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 49385
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (4)
- underground workings
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