The Van Horn Prospect is a mine located in Beaver county, Utah at an elevation of 6,650 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 6,650 Feet (2,027 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 38.45778, -113.27472
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Van Horn Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Van Horn Prospect
Commodity
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Utah
County: Beaver
District: San Francisco District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS INCLUDE A 120 FT SHAFT WITH A 100 FT DRIFT
Comment (Geology): LARGE QUANTITIES OF WATER WERE ENCOUNTERED.
References
Reference (Deposit): STRINGHAM, B., 1967 , HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION NEAR HORN SILVER MINE: UGMS SPEC STUD 16 , P. 34
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 03-29-1971
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