The Horn Silver Group is a silver mine located in Okanogan county, Washington at an elevation of 3,199 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: 3,199 Feet (975 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 48.945, -119.56611
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Horn Silver Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Horn Silver Group
Secondary: Arizona
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Washington
County: Okanogan
District: Oroville District; Bullfrog Mtn Area
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Hornsilver Mining Co.
Years: 1902 - 1915
Owner Name: Larry Blackman
Home Office: 925 S. 5th, Okanogan, Wa. 98840
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1926
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: 3 VEINS, METALLICS IRREGULARLY DISTRIBUTED
Structure
Type: L
Description: Irregular Strike, Dip
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: HUNTTING, 1956 REPORTED 0.67 % MO.
Analytical Data: 6 FT CHIP SAMPLE FROM CENTRAL PIT: 0.039 % MO AND 0.039 % CU
Materials
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Development): ADIT, RAISE, AND SHAFT.
Comment (Workings): 750 FT ADIT, UPRAISE OF 100 FT, AND A 100 FT SHAFT.
Comment (Deposit): 5 CLAIMS.
Comment (Deposit): ORE ERRATICALLY SCATTERED THROUGHOUT PEGMATITE DIKE.
Comment (Location): CENTER SEC. 11; ELEVATION IS APRROXIMATE; SE SIDE OFARNOLD PEAK. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 7-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH USFS LAND OWNERSHIP BOUNDARIES, 1:126,720 SCALE.
Comment (Commodity): SEVERAL CARLOADS OF ORE PRIOR TO AND DURING 1909; LIMITED DEVELOPMENT 1977.
References
Reference (Deposit): WASH. DMG BULL 64, P. 90-91, PLATES 1-2
Reference (Deposit): WASH. DMG BULL. 37, PART II, P. 304.
Reference (Deposit): WASH. GEOL. SUR. BULL 5, P. 100
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