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Horn Silver Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046608
MRDS ID M241795
Record type Site
Current site name Horn Silver Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.16948, 36.82636 (WGS84)
Elevation 1457
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position WITH IN 2 MILES OF WAHMONIE CAMP, To Within 1 Mile, To Within 1 Mile

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Skull Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Beatty(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Death Valley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Amargosa(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

DOE(Federal land areas administered by DOE)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 013S 052E Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED TOWN SHIP AND RANGE. DEPOSIT IS ON THE NEVADA TEST SITE, 20 MILES NE OF LATHROP WELLS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary
Mercury Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Cinnabar Ore
Hessite Ore
Alunite Gangue
Gypsum Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Alteration Of Volcanics, Iron Staining; Argillic & Silicic Alteration

Analytical data

Result SAMPLES YIELDED 29 & 50 OZ/TON AG AND 0.67 AND 0.65 OZ/T AU.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 150
USGS model code 25c
Deposit model name Epithermal vein, Comstock
Mark3 model number 16

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Rock unit name Wahmonie;Salyer
    Rock description Wahmonie;Salyer
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (oldest) Miocene
    Chronological age 12.7

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.16948, 36.82636
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Intense Fracturing, Late Quartz Veining, Cross-Cutting Brecciation
Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wahmonie Flat And Wahmonie-Salyer Volcanic Center

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike NE
    Dip NEAR VERTICAL
    Length 11265.1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone, Brecciation Along E Side Of A Horst

Comments on the geologic information

  • ALTERATION CAN BE TRACED OVER 4 MILES TO THE SW AND SEVERAL MILES TO THE NE OF THE WINGFIELD SHAFT FORMING AN ELLIPTICAL HALO

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1854
Discoverer Mccrea & Lefler Made Highgrade Au-Ag Strike In 1928.

Mining district

District name Wahmonie District

Land status

Ownership category Military Reservation

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Government (Nevada Test Site Land)

Comments on the production information

  • "HIGH-GRADE AG-AU PRODUCTION"

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 152.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • (WINGFIELD SHAFT) 500 FT SHAFT, SEVERAL SHALLOW SHAFTS AND CUTS; WORKINGS COVER A 2+ SQUARE MILE AREA

Comments on development

  • LAST ACTIVITY WAS ABOUT 1928. NO ACTIVITY AT TIME OF FIELD EXAMINATION IN 1982. SHAFT COLLAR PLUGGED; USED FOR DISPOAL SITE-RADIOACTIVE WASTE; ACCESS NOT POSSIBLE. PROSPECTED IN 1853

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BRECCIA FRAGMENTS ON DUMP; QUARTZ MATRIX; SOME ROCKS WITH DISSEMINATED PYRITE, QUARTZ VEINING, SOME VUGS AND SULFIDE CASTS FILLED WITH FLUFFY BROWN LIMONITE, MANGANESE
Deposit MENTIONED BY BALL, 1907, P. 147 - LITTLE ELSE IS KNOWN ABOUT THE MINE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-83 Hefner, M.L. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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