The Horn Silver Mine is a silver and lead mine located in Beaver county, Utah at an elevation of 6,549 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,549 Feet (1,996 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 38.45, -113.26667
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Horn Silver Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Horn Silver Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Utah
County: Beaver
District: Frisco
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Horn Silver Mines, Inc. And Tintic Mineral Resources
Owner Name: Freeport Minerals Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1875
Discovery Year: 1875
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: L
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin And Range
Type: L
Description: North Trending Horn Silver Fault Brings Camb Sediments Against Oligo. Volcanics/Down East
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Hematitization, Silif, Alun, Argil, Pyrit
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Wurtzite
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Magnetite
Gangue: Idocrase
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Chlorite
Comments
Comment (Location): SE 1/4 SE 1/4 NE 1/4 SEC 23
Comment (Production): NO PRODUCTION FIGURES AVAILABLE
Comment (Development): IN NOVEMBER OF 1982, FREEPORT MINERALS CO. ANNOUNCED PLANS TO EXPLORE AND REHABILITATE THE KING DAVID SHAFT. IN 19-85 NO ACTIVITY IN THE DISTRICT WAS OBSERVED. ; ECON.COM: DISCOVERED SEPT 24, 1875
Comment (Geology): LIMESTONE LT-DK GY, BANDED, THICK BEDDED/W DOLO, LT-TAN. QUARTZ MONZ, LT GY & BLK, MED GRN, LOCALLY PORPHYRITIC, ALSO VOLCANICS.
Comment (Deposit): THE HORN SILVER ANDESITE MENTIONED ABOVE IS A LOCAL UNIT LYING BETWEEN THE NEEDLES AND ISOM FM'S. THE SEQUENCE OF VOLCANICS FROM TOP TO BOTTOM: QUARTZ LAT PORP, QUICHAPA FM (IGNIMBRITE), BASALT, ISOM (IGNIMBRITE), HORN SILVER ANDESITE, NEEDLES RANGE FM (NOT EXPOSED), PALEOZOIC LIMESTN (GRAMPIAN).
References
Reference (Deposit): STRINGHAM, B 1964, ALTERATION AREA SOUTH OF THE HORN SILVER MINE BEAVER CO, UTAH UGMS SPEC STUD NO 9
Reference (Deposit): STRINGHAM, B, 1963, HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION NEAR THE HORN SILVER MINE, BEAVER CO UTAH, UGMS SPEC STUD NO 16
Reference (Deposit): PERRY, L I AND MCCARTHY, B M, 1976 LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH, UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY, OPEN-FILE REPORT NO 22
Reference (Deposit): EAST, E.H., 1956, GEOLOGY OF THE SAN FRANCISCO MOUNTAINS, BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH: UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, MS THESIS.
Reference (Deposit): 1913 RECON BUTLER, B S USGS PP #80
Reference (Deposit): 1920 RECON BUTLER, B S USGS PP #111
Reference (Deposit): 1963 RECON UGMS SS #4
Reference (Deposit): STRINGHAM, B, 1963 HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION IN THE S E PART OF THE FRISCO QUADRANGLE, BEAVER CO UTAH, UGMS SPEC STUD NO 4
Reference (Deposit): 1964 RECON UGMS SS #9
Reference (Deposit): 1967 RECON UGMS SS #16
Reference (Production): EVERTS, M L, 1979, ONSITE INVESTIGATION: UT GEOL AND MIN SUR
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