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Silverhorn Mine

Past Producer in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Gold, Nickel
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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. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047179
MRDS ID M242435
Record type Site
Current site name Silverhorn Mine
Alternate or previous names Silver Dale Nos. 1-4 Claims, Hornsilver Nos. 1, 5 Claims, Nickel Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.69585, 38.15524 (WGS84)
Elevation 1859

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fairview Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wilson Creek Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lund(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dry Lake Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 003N 065E 04 PROJECTED FROM NORTH Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • AREA UNSURVEYED. UTM IS TO MAIN SHAFT OF SILVERHORN MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Gold Secondary
Nickel Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Silver Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Massive Quartz Replacement Of Limestone, Up To 100 Ft Thick

Analytical data

Result SOME ORE RAN 180 OZ/T AG
Result SOME RAN FROM 1-100 OZ/T AG. SOME ORE REPORTED TO CARRY 4-12% NI

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.69585, 38.15524
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Bristol Thrust Sheet
Type of structure Local
Structure description Outcrop Of Deposit Is Faulted Away To The Se; Shear Zones

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR, IRREGULAR
    Thickness 30.48M
    Length 1219.2M
    Width 60.96M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Breccia

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1882
Year of first production 1921

Mining district

District name Bristol-Jackrabbit District (Silverhorn Area)

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Silver Horn Mining Co And Silver Dale Mining Co.
    First year 1921

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 86.87M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFTS, ADITS, CROSSCUTS, TRENCHES; LONG TUNNELS AND INCLINES

Comments on development

  • BOOM IN FALL, 1920, MUCH PROMOTED IN NEWS ARTICLES OF 1920-EARLY 1921, BUT IT FIZZLED IN THE LAST 6 MONTHS OF 1921

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TSCHANTZ, C.M., & PAMPEYAN, E.H., 1970, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LINCOLN CO., NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 73, P. 176-177

  • Deposit

    NBMG OPEN FILE171, ITEM 2, P. 1-3; ITEM 1; ITEM 4; PRESS CLIPPINGS

  • Deposit

    WEED, W.H., 1922, THE MINES HANDBOOK, VOL. XV, P. 1333

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    USGS P.P. 171, 1932, P. 51

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE JASPERIOD IS 80 FT THICK AND EXTENDS TO A DEPTH OF MORE THAN 200 FT. BEST VALUES OCCUR WHERE CROSS-FRACTURING OF SILICIFIED OUTCROP OCCURS. LARGE JASPERIOD OUTCROPS FORM CONSPICUOUS DULL BROWN MASSES FORMING RIDGE TOPS. THE SEAMS THAT TRAVERSE THE JASPERIOD ARE SPLOTCHED WITH FILMS OF HORN SILVER, AND THE HIGH ASSAYS FROM SAMPLES OF THESE FILMS CAUSED THE 1921 BOOM AND RUSH TO THESE AREAS.
Deposit APPARENTLY LITTLE MINABLE ORE WAS FOUND HERE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1983 Lyles, B.F. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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