Mine detail: Horn Silver Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

36.82636, -116.16948

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver
Secondary:	Gold
Tertiary:	Mercury
Ore:	Argentite, Cinnabar, Hessite
Gangue:	Alunite, Gypsum, Limonite, Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1854

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host type:	Dacite
Associated rock:	Wahmonie;Salyer
Associated type:	Quartz Monzonite,Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Structure:	Intense Fracturing, Late Quartz Veining, Cross-Cutting Brecciation, Wahmonie Flat And Wahmonie-Salyer Volcanic Center
Alteration processes:	Alteration Of Volcanics, Iron Staining; Argillic & Silicic Alteration

References

MRDS	M241795
DEP	10046608
Reference	{Deposit:: KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NBMG BULL 50 P. 206}{Deposit:: BALL, S.H., 1907, GEOLOGIC RECONNAISSANCE OF SW NEVADA, AND E CALIF.: USGS BULL. 308, P. 147}{Deposit:: TINGLEY, J.V., 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION OF 7 APRIL 1982.}{Deposit:: USGS MAP GQ-387}{Deposit:: USGS OFR 81-522}{Deposit:: JOHNSON, M.S. AND D.E. HIBBARD, 1957, USGS BULL 1021-K, P. 381}{Deposit:: NORBERG, J.R., 1977, MINERAL RESOURCES IN THE VICINITY OF NELLIS A.F.B. TC.; USBM REPORT.}{Deposit:: BELL, E.J. AND LARSON, L.T., 1981, DRAFT FINAL REPORT: CHARACTERIZATION OF ENERGY AND MINERAL RESOURES OF SW NTS AND VICINITY: PREPARED FOR D.O.E., P. 63.}{Deposit:: CORNWALL, H., 1972, NBMG BULL 77.}{Deposit:: HEIKES, V.C., 1931, USBM, MINERAL RESOURECES OF THE U.S., 1928., PT. 1, P. 471-472 11.) HEWETT, ETAL., 1936 USGS BULL 871. 12.) JOHNSON, M.S. AND HIBBARD, D.E., 7957, USGS BULL. 1021-K. 13.) QUADE, J., 1983, FIELD EXAMINATIONS, 1982-83}{Production:: BELL, E.J. & LARSON, L.T., 1981, P.20}
Reporter	Hefner, M.L. (Tingley, J.V.)