Mine detail: Hidden Treasure Mine

Previously called 'OK Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.45496, -113.07691

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Tertiary:	Iron, Gold, Silver
Ore:	Bornite, Brochantite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Covellite, Gold, Malachite
Gangue:	Diopside, Garnet, Serpentine, Wollastonite
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Other material:	Magnetite
Discovery year:	1960

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Skarn Cu
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1974

Geology

Host rock:	Toroweap
Host type:	Limestone
Associated type:	Monzonite
Structure:	Seveir Orogenic Belt, Pioche Mineral Belt, Northeast Striking Faults
Tectonic:	Basin And Range-Colorado Plateau Transition Zone
Alteration processes:	Contact Metasomatism

References

MRDS	M058880
DEP	10106579
Reference	{Deposit:: WHELAN, J.A., 1982, GEOLOGY, ORE DEPOSITS, AND MINERALOGY OF THE ROCKY RANGE, NEAR MILFORD, BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH: UGMS SPECIAL STUDIES NO. 57, 35 P.}{Deposit:: SHUBAT, M.A., 1985, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION; UGMS}{Development:: MDA-Western States Engineering, 1998 OK Mine Profect Feasibility Study, Vol. 1 Nevada Star Resource Corp. private report, Dec. 1998}
Reporter	Shubat, Michael A.