is there some way to remove the huge tracking icon on the minimap, be it for treasure, beasts, etc?
The one that shows night/day/time (really big) or the one that tells you what you are tracking (herbs, ores etc.)?
You can adjust the scale with
/run GameTimeFrame:SetScale(0.5)
or
/run MiniMapTrackingFrame:SetScale(0.6)
or replace :SetScale(xxx) with :Hide() depending which you prefer but the tracking button will return if you click to show it again.
the tracking herbs/ore/treasure etc …
That one doesn’t show unless you click “Find xxx” in your spell book (or wherever you dragged it to).
Once you done that, you can get rid of it again by right-clicking on the actual tracking button.
i’m a dwarf, i always have find treasure on 
i just want it to go away and not obscure any portion of my minimap
Maybe I’m misunderstanding what “remove” and “go away” actually mean to you. Maybe you are not using the default UI because it doesn’t seem to cover anything up in the top-left corner of the minimap.
Maybe a screen shot and an idea of where you might want it to “go away” to otherwise, I’m at a loss as to how to help.
i am using sexymap due to chinchilla not being updated. i play a dwarf so track treasure is always on. the tracking icon displays in the upper left corner of the minimap. i would like to not see it ever. the macro you gave above to resize does this except sometimes it appears again. no big deal, click macro and its gone again (leaves a barely visible yellow dot).
sorry for the confusion
This will permanently hide the tracking frame ONLY for Dwarves.
Use as is in a macro or delete the /run at the beginning and paste the rest into the website addon.bool.no to create/download it as an addon that will run automatically when you log in.
/run if UnitRace("player") == "Dwarf" then MiniMapTrackingFrame:Hide() MiniMapTrackingFrame:HookScript("OnShow", function(self) self:Hide() end) end