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Silver Horn Mine

Past Producer in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodity Silver
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Sections on this page
  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10198551
MAS/MILS ID 0320170189
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Horn Mine
Alternate or previous names Silver Horn

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -114.69475, 38.15776 (WGS84)
Elevation 1871
Location accuracy 10(meters)

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)

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 Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 004 N 065 E 33 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • NOTE: THE LOCATION OF THIS MINE IS REPORTED IN SEC. 4, T. 3 N., R. 65 E. THIS RECORD IS PLOTTED IN SEC. 33, T. 4 N., R. 65 E., AS SHOWN ON THE FAIRVIEW PEAK 7.5-MIN. TOPO MAP.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -114.69475, 38.15776
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Silverhorn

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Silver Horn Operating Co.
    Home office Utah
    Year 1979

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 73, 1970, TABLE 36, P. 177

  • Deposit

    NV. DIV. MINE INSPECTION, 1979, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE

  • Deposit

    OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1978, P. 30.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 21-JAN-94 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references

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Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.