Mine detail: Hornsilver Mine

Previously called 'Horn SilverEra-Hornsilver'

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Location

Lat / long: 43.5966, -113.57308

Resource(M)

Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Zinc, Lead, Copper, Antimony, Bismuth
Ore: Cerargyrite, Chalcopyrite, Enargite, Famatinite, Galena, Sphalerite, Stannite, Tetrahedrite, Wurtzite
Gangue: Barite, Chalcedony, Marcasite, Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form: VEINLETS
Discovery year: 1883

Production

Operation type: Surface-Underground
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:Cu Basin Formation: Qtzite, Shl, Sla, Limestone
Host type:Andesite
Associated rock:Challis Volcanics-Andesite
Associated type:Andesite

References

MRDSW015671
MAS160230005
DEP10071907
Reference{Deposit:: Anderson, A. L., 1929, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Lava Creek District, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 32, 70 P.}{Deposit:: Anderson, A. L., 1947, Epithermal Mineralization At The Last Chance And Hornsilver Mines, Lava Creek District, Butte County, Idaho: Geol. Soc. America Bulletin, V. 58, No. 5, P. 451-482}{Deposit:: Roby, R. N., 1948 Investigation Of The Hornsilver Lead-Zinc Property, Butte County, Idaho: USBM Rept. Inv. 4277, 15 P.}{Deposit:: Umpleby, J. B., 1917, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Mackay Region, Idaho: USGS Prof. Paper 97, 129 P.}{Deposit:: Nelson, W. H., And Ross, C. P., 1968, Geology Of Part Of The Alder Creek Mining District, Custer County, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 1252-A, 30 P.}{Deposit:: USBM, 1947, Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, And Zinc In Idaho: USBM Mineral Yearbook For 1945, P. 355-380}{Production:: Roby, R. N., 1948, USBM Rept. Inv. 4277; Items 1-6, USBM, 1947, Mineral Yearbook For 1945}
ReporterSiefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat), Western Field Operations Center (WFOC)