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Argo

Producer in Boulder county in Colorado, United States with commodities Uranium, Fluorine-Fluorite, Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Production statistics
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10018054
MRDS ID DC04754
Record type Site
Current site name Argo
Related records 10238381

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.40082, 40.12972 (WGS84)
Relative position S. CENTRAL EDGE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Boulder(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Raymond(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Estes Park(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Greeley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

St. Vrain(hydrologic unit)

South Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Boulder

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 02N 72W 13 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorspar Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Tennantite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Enargite Ore
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 174
USGS model code 26b
Deposit model name Fluorspar deposits (fluorite veins)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) Laramide intrusive rocks
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: VEINS IN BRECCIA ZONE OF SERICITIZED GRANITE FRAGMENTS CEMENTED WITH DEEP VIOLET, FINE GR. FLUORSPAR MIXED CLAY MINERALS. ASSOC. MINERALS: GALENA, PYRITE, SPHALERITE, QTZ, CLAY MINERALS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mining district

District name Jamestown

Production statistics

  • Year 1942
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major ore Copper Copper 2.5
    Major ore Lead Lead 31
    Major ore Silver Silver 575g/mt
    Major ore Gold Gold 2g/mt
    Major ore Fluorine-Fluorite Fluorine 60.8
  • Year 1943
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major ore Fluorine-Fluorite Fluorine 2318.77mt 57

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION OF URANIUM. ITEM 1 (FLUORSPAR) CONTAINS ITEM 2

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LOVERING AND GODDARD, 1950, USGS PP 223, PG 277, FIG 77.

  • Deposit

    GODDARD, COLO. SCI. SOC. PROC, V. 15, NO. 1, PG 31-33, PL. 6

  • Deposit

    SIMS & SHERIDAN, 1964, USGS BULL. 1159

  • Deposit

    ARGALL, 1949, COLO. SCH. MINES QUART., V. 44, P. 182

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1973 Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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