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Horn Silver Horn

Past Producer in Beaver county in Utah, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10178675
MAS/MILS ID 0490010099
Record type Site
Current site name Horn Silver Horn

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -113.27661, 38.44996 (WGS84)
Elevation 1998
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaver(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Frisco(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wah Wah Mountains South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sevier Lake(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Beaver

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 027 S 013 W 23 SESWNE Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Alunite Unknown
Argentite Unknown
Azurite Unknown
Barite Unknown
Brochantite Unknown
Cerargyrite Unknown
Cerussite Unknown
Chalcanthite Unknown
Chalcedony Unknown
Covellite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Gypsum Unknown
Hemimorphite Unknown
Jamesonite Unknown
Kaolinite Unknown
Malachite Unknown
Plumbojarosite Unknown
Pyrargyrite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Smithsonite Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown
Sulfur Unknown
Wurtzite Unknown
Sulfur Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -113.27661, 38.44996
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N05W
    Dip 80E
    Thickness 15.3M
    Length 91.5M
    Width 183M
    Area 32.4HA
    Depth to top 5M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 PIPELIKE
    Primary mode of Origin UNKNOWN
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 BLEACHING
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 SERICITIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #3 INTERM ARGILLIC
    Strike And Dip N05W:80E
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 1
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 32.4
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1875

Mining district

District name Frisco District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Tintic Lead Co. 39 Exchange Place Slc Utah 84111
    Interest 60
    Home office Utah
    Year 1976
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Cobre Mining Co.
    Interest 40
    Home office 39 Exchange Place Slc Utah 84111
    Year 1976

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 8.1HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Mining Method GLORY HOLE
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 0
    Hardness of Ore M-HARD ROCKS
    Avg. Bench Height (meters) 12
    Max. Pit Slope (degrees) 11
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Year of Information 1976
  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 1220M
    Overall depth 244M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Mining Method OVERHAND SQUARE-SET 10-46A
    Hardness of Rock SOFT NONPLASTIC WITH LITTLE WATER
    Rock Characteristics MULTIPLE SYSTEMS OF WEAKNESS PLANES
    Rock Support Chars. UNSUPPORTING NO SLOUGH
    Mine Support Chars. OPEN STEEL SETS
    Number of Shafts 3
    1st Condition of Workings PART ACCESSIBLE
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Year of Information 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS PRO. PAPER 80 BY B.S. BUTLERPG 111-113, 144-160, 168-17

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL. 1135-B BY A.V. HEYL PG. 33-34

  • Deposit

    U.S. 10TH CENSUS PG. 465-470 (1880)

  • Deposit

    UGMS SPECIAL STUDIES 9 BY B. STRINGHAM (1964)

  • Deposit

    UGMS SPECIAL STUDIES 16 BY B. STRINGHAM (1967)

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL NOV. 22, 1879 PG 376-378

  • Deposit

    SALT LAKE MINING REVIEW SEPT. 30, 1917 PG. 23-24

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-84 Utah Geological And Mineral Survey Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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