Hornsilver Mine, Placer Center Mining District, Shoshone County, Idaho, USAi
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Hornsilver Mine | Prospect |
Placer Center Mining District | Mining District |
Shoshone County | County |
Idaho | State |
USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
47° 26' 49'' North , 115° 56' 25'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Köppen climate type:
Mindat Locality ID:
45979
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:45979:5
GUID (UUID V4):
a7c17ae4-7da1-4477-ba2a-81ff119630ad
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
Horn Silver prospect; Horn Silver; Jumbo
Located approximately 2.0 miles (3.2 kilometers( south of Wallace near the mouth of Cranky Gulch (a tributary of Placer Creek).
Commodities (Major): copper, gold, iron, lead, silver, zinc
Development Status: Mine
Host Rock Unit: St. Regis Formation; Wallace Formation; Revett Formation
Host Rock: Quartzite
Structure: Placer Creek Fault; Standard Fault; Big Creek Fault; Killbuck Fault (probable); quartzite is crushed and sheared by faulting
Alteration: unknown
Ore type: Replacement veins in crush and shear zones
Tectonic Structure: Belt Basin
Select Mineral List Type
Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsCommodity List
This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.Mineral List
5 valid minerals.
Detailed Mineral List:
ⓘ Chalcopyrite Formula: CuFeS2 |
ⓘ Galena Formula: PbS |
ⓘ Pyrite Formula: FeS2 |
ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
ⓘ Siderite Formula: FeCO3 |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
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ⓘ | Chalcopyrite | 2.CB.10a | CuFeS2 |
ⓘ | Galena | 2.CD.10 | PbS |
ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
ⓘ | Siderite | 5.AB.05 | FeCO3 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
C | Carbon | |
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C | ⓘ Siderite | FeCO3 |
O | Oxygen | |
O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
O | ⓘ Siderite | FeCO3 |
Si | Silicon | |
Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
S | Sulfur | |
S | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
S | ⓘ Galena | PbS |
S | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
Fe | Iron | |
Fe | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
Fe | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
Fe | ⓘ Siderite | FeCO3 |
Cu | Copper | |
Cu | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
Pb | Lead | |
Pb | ⓘ Galena | PbS |
Other Databases
Link to USGS MRDS: | 10078373 |
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Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
North America PlateTectonic Plate
- Antler Foreland BasinBasin
- Belt BasinBasin
- Wallace DomainDomain
- West Canadian-Alberta basinBasin
USA
- Montana
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