The Horn Silver Horn is a mine located in Beaver county, Utah at an elevation of 6,555 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,555 Feet (1,998 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 38.45, -113.27580
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Horn Silver Horn MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Horn Silver Horn
Commodity
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Utah
County: Beaver
District: Frisco District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
Type: Patented
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Cobre Mining Co.
Percent: 40.00
Home Office: 39 Exchange Place Slc Utah 84111
Info Year: 1976
Owner Name: Tintic Lead Co. 39 Exchange Place Slc Utah 84111
Percent: 60.00
Home Office: Utah
Info Year: 1976
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1875
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Wurtzite
Unknown: Galena
Unknown: Covellite
Unknown: Chalcedony
Unknown: Chalcanthite
Unknown: Cerussite
Unknown: Cerargyrite
Unknown: Brochantite
Unknown: Barite
Unknown: Azurite
Unknown: Argentite
Unknown: Gypsum
Unknown: Hemimorphite
Unknown: Sulfur
Unknown: Sulfur
Unknown: Sphalerite
Unknown: Smithsonite
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Pyrargyrite
Unknown: Plumbojarosite
Unknown: Malachite
Unknown: Kaolinite
Unknown: Jamesonite
Unknown: Alunite
Comments
Not available
References
Reference (Deposit): SALT LAKE MINING REVIEW SEPT. 30, 1917 PG. 23-24
Reference (Deposit): U.S. 10TH CENSUS PG. 465-470 (1880)
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL. 1135-B BY A.V. HEYL PG. 33-34
Reference (Deposit): USGS PRO. PAPER 80 BY B.S. BUTLERPG 111-113, 144-160, 168-17
Reference (Deposit): ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL NOV. 22, 1879 PG 376-378
Reference (Deposit): UGMS SPECIAL STUDIES 16 BY B. STRINGHAM (1967)
Reference (Deposit): UGMS SPECIAL STUDIES 9 BY B. STRINGHAM (1964)
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