Horn Silver Mine

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

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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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