Commodities
PrimarySilver, Lead
TertiaryZinc, Copper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formTABULAR
Materials
Ore mineralsArgentite, Chalcopyrite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Wurtzite
GangueBarite, Chlorite, Epidote, Idocrase, Magnetite
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Grampian Limestone (Host);Ely Formation
Associated rockAndesite · Horn Silver Andesite
StructureBasin And Range, North Trending Horn Silver Fault Brings Camb Sediments Against Oligo. Volcanics/Down East
Tectonic settingMiogeosyncline
AlterationHematitization, Silif, Alun, Argil, Pyrit
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1875
Discovery year1875
Identification
Deposit ID10008455
MRDS IDD000630
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.44996, -113.26748
References
STRINGHAM, B, 1963 HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION IN THE S E PART OF THE FRISCO QUADRANGLE, BEAVER CO UTAH, UGMS SPEC STUD NO 4STRINGHAM, B 1964, ALTERATION AREA SOUTH OF THE HORN SILVER MINE BEAVER CO, UTAH UGMS SPEC STUD NO 9STRINGHAM, B, 1963, HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION NEAR THE HORN SILVER MINE, BEAVER CO UTAH, UGMS SPEC STUD NO 16PERRY, L I AND MCCARTHY, B M, 1976 LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH, UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY, OPEN-FILE REPORT NO 22EAST, E.H., 1956, GEOLOGY OF THE SAN FRANCISCO MOUNTAINS, BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH: UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, MS THESIS.1913 RECON BUTLER, B S USGS PP #801920 RECON BUTLER, B S USGS PP #1111963 RECON UGMS SS #41964 RECON UGMS SS #91967 RECON UGMS SS #16EVERTS, M L, 1979, ONSITE INVESTIGATION: UT GEOL AND MIN SUR