The Horn Silver Mine is a silver mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,780 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,780 Feet (1,457 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 36.82639, -116.16861
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Horn Silver Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Horn Silver Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Mercury
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Wahmonie District
Land Status
Land ownership: Military Reservation
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: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: U.S. Government (Nevada Test Site Land)
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1854
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Epithermal vein, Comstock
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Intense Fracturing, Late Quartz Veining, Cross-Cutting Brecciation
Type: R
Description: Wahmonie Flat And Wahmonie-Salyer Volcanic Center
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Alteration Of Volcanics, Iron Staining; Argillic & Silicic Alteration
Rocks
Name: Dacite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age in Years: 12.700000+-0.200000
Age Young: Pliocene
Age Old: Miocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLES YIELDED 29 & 50 OZ/TON AG AND 0.67 AND 0.65 OZ/T AU.
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Ore: Hessite
Ore: Argentite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Gypsum
Gangue: Alunite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Development): LAST ACTIVITY WAS ABOUT 1928. NO ACTIVITY AT TIME OF FIELD EXAMINATION IN 1982. SHAFT COLLAR PLUGGED; USED FOR DISPOAL SITE-RADIOACTIVE WASTE; ACCESS NOT POSSIBLE. PROSPECTED IN 1853
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED TOWN SHIP AND RANGE. DEPOSIT IS ON THE NEVADA TEST SITE, 20 MILES NE OF LATHROP WELLS
Comment (Production): "HIGH-GRADE AG-AU PRODUCTION"
Comment (Deposit): BRECCIA FRAGMENTS ON DUMP; QUARTZ MATRIX; SOME ROCKS WITH DISSEMINATED PYRITE, QUARTZ VEINING, SOME VUGS AND SULFIDE CASTS FILLED WITH FLUFFY BROWN LIMONITE, MANGANESE
Comment (Workings): (WINGFIELD SHAFT) 500 FT SHAFT, SEVERAL SHALLOW SHAFTS AND CUTS; WORKINGS COVER A 2+ SQUARE MILE AREA
Comment (Geology): ALTERATION CAN BE TRACED OVER 4 MILES TO THE SW AND SEVERAL MILES TO THE NE OF THE WINGFIELD SHAFT FORMING AN ELLIPTICAL HALO
Comment (Deposit): MENTIONED BY BALL, 1907, P. 147 - LITTLE ELSE IS KNOWN ABOUT THE MINE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
References
Reference (Deposit): BELL, E.J. AND LARSON, L.T., 1981, DRAFT FINAL REPORT: CHARACTERIZATION OF ENERGY AND MINERAL RESOURES OF SW NTS AND VICINITY: PREPARED FOR D.O.E., P. 63.
Reference (Deposit): CORNWALL, H., 1972, NBMG BULL 77.
Reference (Deposit): NORBERG, J.R., 1977, MINERAL RESOURCES IN THE VICINITY OF NELLIS A.F.B. TC.; USBM REPORT.
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M.S. AND D.E. HIBBARD, 1957, USGS BULL 1021-K, P. 381
Reference (Deposit): USGS MAP GQ-387
Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 81-522
Reference (Deposit): TINGLEY, J.V., 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION OF 7 APRIL 1982.
Reference (Deposit): BALL, S.H., 1907, GEOLOGIC RECONNAISSANCE OF SW NEVADA, AND E CALIF.: USGS BULL. 308, P. 147
Reference (Deposit): KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NBMG BULL 50 P. 206
Reference (Production): BELL, E.J. & LARSON, L.T., 1981, P.20
Reference (Deposit): HEIKES, V.C., 1931, USBM, MINERAL RESOURECES OF THE U.S., 1928., PT. 1, P. 471-472 11.) HEWETT, ETAL., 1936 USGS BULL 871. 12.) JOHNSON, M.S. AND HIBBARD, D.E., 7957, USGS BULL. 1021-K. 13.) QUADE, J., 1983, FIELD EXAMINATIONS, 1982-83
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
