The Horn Silver is a gold, silver, and copper 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: Gold, Silver, Copper
Lat, Long: 48.94583, -119.56806
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Horn Silver MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Horn Silver
Secondary: Arizona
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Washington
County: Okanogan
District: Nighthawk, Bullfrog Mtn Area
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Rocks Of The Palmer Mountain Greenstone Were Deposited Along An Active Continental Margin Proximal To An Island Arc.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Stephanite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Unknown: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Production): SEVERAL CARLOADS WERE SHIPPED PRIOR TO AND DURING 1909 (HUNTTING, 1956, P. 304); THE VALUES WERE MOSTLY IN SILVER AND THE ORE AVERAGED $62/TON IN 1909 (RINEHART AND FOX, 1972, P. 90).
Comment (Geology): THE QUARTZ VEIN IS IN THE METAVOLCANIC ROCKS OF THE PALMER MOUNTAIN GREENSTONE (RINEHART AND FOX, 1972, GEOL. MAP).
Comment (Deposit): DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF A 75-FT ADIT AND A 100-FT SHAFT (MOEN, 1976, P. 122). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): DERKEY, R.E.; JOSEPH, N.L.; LASMANIS, R., 1990, METAL MINES OF WASHINGTON-PRELIMINARY REPORT: STATE OF WASHINGTON, DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-18, 577 P.
Reference (Deposit): HUNTTING, M. T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS-PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, 428 P.; V. 2, 67 P.
Reference (Deposit): MOEN, W.S., 1976, SILVER OCCURRENCES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES BULLETIN 69, 188 P.
Reference (Deposit): RINEHART, C.D.; FOX, K.F., JR., 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE LOOMIS QUADRANGLE, OKANOGAN COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 64, 124 P., 3 PL.
Reference (Deposit): UMPLEBY, J.B., 1911, PART I.-- GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE MYERS CREEK MINING DISTRICT; PART II. -- GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE OROVILLE-NIGHTHAWK MINING DISTRICT: WASHINGTON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 5, 111 P.
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