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Hornsilver American Co. Shaft

Past Producer in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodity Silver
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047065
MRDS ID M242307
Record type Site
Current site name Hornsilver American Co. Shaft
Related records 10125759

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.34619, 37.34078 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position EXACT LOCATION UNCERTAIN, To Shaft In General Vicinity Of Property, Within 1000 M

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gold Point(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Last Chance Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Cactus-Sarcobatus Flats(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 007S 41E Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 8 CLAIMS, 1.5 MILES S.E. OF THE ORLEANS MINE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.34619, 37.34078
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Hornsilver (Gold Point, Lime Point)

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Hornsilver American Co.
    First year 1922

Comments on the workings information

  • 200-FT SHAFT, 140-FT SHAFT

Comments on development

  • ACTIVE IN EARLY 1920'S; SAID TO HAVE PRODUCED CARLOAD SHIPMENTS AVERAGING $70/TON (1922)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINCOLN, F.C., 1923, MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA; NEVADA NEWSLETTER PUBLISHING CO. RENO, NEVADA

  • Deposit

    WEED, W.H., ED., 1922, THE MINES HANDBOOK, VOL XV, P. 1225.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SHOWS HIGH-GRADE SILVER ORE (1922)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-82 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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