Mine detail: Horn Silver Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

38.44996, -113.26748

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Lead
Tertiary:	Zinc, Copper
Ore:	Argentite, Chalcopyrite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Wurtzite
Gangue:	Barite, Chlorite, Epidote, Idocrase, Magnetite
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1875

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1875

Geology

Host rock:	Grampian Limestone (Host);Ely Formation
Host type:	Limestone
Associated rock:	Horn Silver Andesite
Associated type:	Andesite
Structure:	Basin And Range, North Trending Horn Silver Fault Brings Camb Sediments Against Oligo. Volcanics/Down East
Tectonic:	Miogeosyncline
Alteration processes:	Hematitization, Silif, Alun, Argil, Pyrit

References

MRDS	D000630
DEP	10008455
Reference	{Deposit:: STRINGHAM, B, 1963 HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION IN THE S E PART OF THE FRISCO QUADRANGLE, BEAVER CO UTAH, UGMS SPEC STUD NO 4}{Deposit:: STRINGHAM, B 1964, ALTERATION AREA SOUTH OF THE HORN SILVER MINE BEAVER CO, UTAH UGMS SPEC STUD NO 9}{Deposit:: STRINGHAM, B, 1963, HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION NEAR THE HORN SILVER MINE, BEAVER CO UTAH, UGMS SPEC STUD NO 16}{Deposit:: PERRY, L I AND MCCARTHY, B M, 1976 LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH, UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY, OPEN-FILE REPORT NO 22}{Deposit:: EAST, E.H., 1956, GEOLOGY OF THE SAN FRANCISCO MOUNTAINS, BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH: UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, MS THESIS.}{Deposit:: 1913 RECON BUTLER, B S USGS PP #80}{Deposit:: 1920 RECON BUTLER, B S USGS PP #111}{Deposit:: 1963 RECON UGMS SS #4}{Deposit:: 1964 RECON UGMS SS #9}{Deposit:: 1967 RECON UGMS SS #16}{Production:: EVERTS, M L, 1979, ONSITE INVESTIGATION: UT GEOL AND MIN SUR}
Reporter	Mosier, Dan, Everts, Michael L., Shubat, Michael A.