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Argenta

Past Producer in Inyo county in California, United States with commodities Zinc, Lead, Silver, Gold
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033961
MRDS ID M020615
Record type Site
Current site name Argenta
Related records 10187757

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.11783, 36.33303 (WGS84)
Relative position 8 MILES (AIRLINE) S 16 E OF SKIDOO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wildrose Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Darwin Hills(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Death Valley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Death Valley-Lower Amargosa(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Death Valley National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Inyo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 018S 045E 27 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Smithsonite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Analytical data

Result AVG. GRADE
Result 12 % ZN, 5 % PB, 2.8 OZ/TON AG AND .08 OZ/TON AU.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.11783, 36.33303
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: LIMESTONE HEAVILY STAINED WITH MAGANESE AND IRON OXIDES ADJACENT TO ORE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Park

Comments on the production information

  • NO RECORDED PRODUCTION REPORTED TO HAVE SHIPPED 70 TONS.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 229.51M

Comments on the workings information

  • 630 FT. ADIT WITH A 123 FT. CROSSCUT (N49E) AT POINT 560 FT. FROM PORTAL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GOODWIN, J. C., 1957 , LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 57 , NO. 3 & 4 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 451

  • Deposit

    NORMAN, L. A. AND STEWART, R. M., 1951 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF INYO COUNTY; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY VOL. 47 , NO. 1 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 56 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 6 - 12 FT., VEIN STRIKING EAST, DIPS NORTH.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1978 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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