Mine detail: Horn Silver Mine

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Location: Beaver County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.44996, -113.26748
dep_id: 10008455
mrds_id: D000630
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver, Lead
Trace mineral: Zinc, Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Argentite, Chalcopyrite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Wurtzite
gangue: Barite, Chlorite, Epidote, Idocrase, Magnetite
orebody_fm: TABULAR
work_type: Underground
alteration: Hematitization, Silif, Alun, Argil, Pyrit
Reporter: Mosier, Dan, Everts, Michael L., Shubat, Michael A.
hrock_unit: Grampian Limestone (Host);Ely Formation
hrock_type: Limestone
arock_unit: Horn Silver Andesite
arock_type: Andesite
Structure: Basin And Range, North Trending Horn Silver Fault Brings Camb Sediments Against Oligo. Volcanics/Down East
tectonic: Miogeosyncline
Year first produced: 1875
disc_yr: 1875
References:
  • 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
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