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Horn Silver Group

Past Producer in Okanogan county in Washington, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Copper, Molybdenum
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10041515
MRDS ID M056588
Record type Site
Current site name Horn Silver Group
Alternate or previous names Arizona
Related records 10131424

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.56728, 48.94484 (WGS84)
Elevation 975

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Okanogan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bullfrog Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oroville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Okanogan(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Similkameen(hydrologic unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Okanogan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 040N 026E 21 SW OF SE OF SW OF SE Washington

Comments on the location information

  • CENTER SEC. 11; ELEVATION IS APRROXIMATE; SE SIDE OFARNOLD PEAK. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 7-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH USFS LAND OWNERSHIP BOUNDARIES, 1:126,720 SCALE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary
Copper Secondary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SEVERAL CARLOADS OF ORE PRIOR TO AND DURING 1909; LIMITED DEVELOPMENT 1977.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Pyrite Ore

Analytical data

Result 6 FT CHIP SAMPLE FROM CENTRAL PIT: 0.039 % MO AND 0.039 % CU
Result HUNTTING, 1956 REPORTED 0.67 % MO.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Similkameen Composite Pluton
    Rock description Similkameen Composite Pluton
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Rock unit name Kobau
    Rock description Kobau

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.56728, 48.94484
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Irregular Strike, Dip

Ore body information

  • General form 3 VEINS, METALLICS IRREGULARLY DISTRIBUTED
    Strike N 53 E
    Dip 40 NW
    Width 2.29M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1926
Discoverer Fred Manweller

Mining district

District name Oroville District; Bullfrog Mtn Area

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Larry Blackman
    Home office 925 S. 5th, Okanogan, Wa. 98840
  • Type Owner
    Owner Hornsilver Mining Co.
    First year 1902
    Last year 1915

Comments on the workings information

  • 750 FT ADIT, UPRAISE OF 100 FT, AND A 100 FT SHAFT.

Comments on development

  • ADIT, RAISE, AND SHAFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WASH. DMG BULL. 37, PART II, P. 304.

  • Deposit

    WASH. GEOL. SUR. BULL 5, P. 100

  • Deposit

    WASH. DMG BULL 64, P. 90-91, PLATES 1-2

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE ERRATICALLY SCATTERED THROUGHOUT PEGMATITE DIKE.
Deposit 5 CLAIMS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1975 Mccoy, Gail U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-1982 Lawson, William A. (Evarts, Russell C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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