The North Hornet Mine is a gold mine located in Adams county, Idaho at an elevation of 4,902 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,902 Feet (1,494 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 44.8914, -116.64030
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North Hornet Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: North Hornet Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Tantalum
Tertiary: Uranium
Tertiary: REE
Tertiary: Niobium (Columbium)
Tertiary: Sand and Gravel, Construction
Location
State: Idaho
County: Adams
District: Unorganized District, Council Area
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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.
Administrative Organization: Payette National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Year First Production: 1931
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Payette Section
Physiographic Detail: Cuddy Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation, Silicification, Pyritization, Gossan
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gravel
Gangue: Specularite
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Barite
Comments
Comment (Location): Property Is Also Located In Section 24.
Comment (Location): Head Waters Of Hornet Creek; 3 Mi. N.W. Of Peck Mtn., On N. Side Of Summit Cr.
Comment (Development): Mill
Comment (Commodity): Samarskite Is A Niobate And Tantalata Of Fe, U, And The Cerium Metals But Is Of Little Economic Value Here.
Comment (Production): The Au Ore Was Worth $200
Comment (Workings): A 140 - Foot Shaft Is On The Property. The Only Deposit Of Value Is A Weathered Granular Quartz Diorite Which Is Used For Road Metal By The Forest Service.
References
Reference (Deposit): Cook, E. F., 1954, Mining Geology Of The Seven Devils Region: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 97, 22 P.
Reference (Deposit): Wracher, David, 1969, The Geology And Mineralization Of The Peck Mtn. Area, Hornet Quad., Idaho: Corvallis, Oregon State Univ., M.S. Thesis, 78 P.
Reference (Deposit): 1954 Geolmap Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geol., Pamp. 9
Reference (Production): Cook, E. F., 1954, Id. Bureau Of Mines & Geol. Pamphlet 97, 22 P.
Reference (Deposit): Douglass,R.M.-1954 Geocronite: Am.Mineralogist, Vol.39, Nos. P906-928
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