| Deposit ID | 10104012 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M233028 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Argentum Mining Co. |
| Alternate or previous names | Northern Belle, Holmes, Argentum Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -118.08372, 38.15687 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1890 |
| Relative position | NE FLANK OF CANDELARIA MTN. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Mineral(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Candelaria(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Excelsior Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Fish Lake-Soda Spring Valleys(hydrologic unit)
Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)
Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)
Great Basin(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Mineral |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 004N | 035E | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Lead | Secondary |
| Zinc Critical | Secondary |
| Antimony Critical | Secondary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Manganese Critical | Tertiary |
| Arsenic Critical | Tertiary |
| Nickel Critical | Tertiary |
| Chromium Critical | Tertiary |
| Uranium | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Bindheimite | Ore |
| Cerargyrite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Jamesonite | Ore |
| Silver | Ore |
| Smithsonite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | DUMP MATERIAL AVERAGES 6 OZ SILVER/TON. ORE AVERAGED 60 OZ/TON AG IN THE EARLY DAYS. |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock | ||
| Rock unit name | Pickhandle Gulch Formation;Pickhandle Gulch Formation | ||
| Rock description | Pickhandle Gulch Formation;Pickhandle Gulch Formation | ||
| |||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone |
| Rock unit name | Candelaria;Candelaria;Candelaria |
| Rock description | Candelaria;Candelaria;Candelaria |
| (1) | Alluvium, undifferentiated |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | The North Side Of The District Is Bounded By A Major Post-Mineral Fault. Recurrent Faulting. |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Complex Fissures, The Candelaria, Alpha, And Belle Faults; Pickhandle Gulch Complex Thrust Over Candelaria Fm. Of Lower Triassic. |
| General form | LINEAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | E |
| Dip | 45-70 N |
| General form | LINEAR |
|---|---|
| Dip | 45-70 N |
| General form | LINEAR |
|---|---|
| Dip | 45-70 N |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1864 |
| Year of first production | 1870 |
| District name | Candelaria District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Nerco Minerals Co. |
| Home office | Reno, Nv. |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Earl, C. E., Agent Of Co. |
| Home office | Mina, Nv |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 416.05M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M233028 |
ROSS, D.C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 58.
KNOPF, ADOLPH, 1922, THE CANDELARIA SILVER DISTRICT, NEVADA: USGS BULL. 735A, P.1-22.
COUCH B.F., AND CARPENTER, J.A., 1943, NEVADA'S METAL AND MINERAL PRODUCTION (1859-1940, INCLUSIVE): NEVADA UNIV. BULL., V.37, NO.4, GEOLOGY AND MINING SER. NO. 38.
BURGESS, J.A., 1930, REPORT ON THE GEOLOGY OF THE NORTHERN BELLE MINE OF THE ARGENTUM MINING CO. OF NEVADA (UNPUB.): NBMG FILES
PAGE, B.M., 1959, GEOLOGY OF THE CANDELARIA MINING DISTRICT, MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULLETIN 56.
GARSIDE, L.J., 1973, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES IN NEVADA: NBMG BULLETIN 81, 84 P.
MOELLER, S.A., 1988, GEOLOGY AND MINERALIZATION IN THE CANDELARIA DISTRICT: IN, BULK MINEABLE PRECIOUS METAL DEPOSITS OF THE WESTERN U.S., GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF NEVADA, P.135-158.
ROSS, D.C., 1961, TABLE 6.2
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | HIGHLY OXIDIZED MANGANIFEROUS SILVER VEINS, SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET IN STRIKE LENGTH AND A FEW FEET WIDE, BROKEN BY COMPLEX FISSURES. THE VEIN SYSTEM IS E-TRENDING AND PARALLELS BEDDING IN THE CANDELARIA FORMATION. THE PRODUCTIVE ORE BODIES OCCUR MOSTLY IN THE LOWEST MEMBER OF THE CANDELARIA FM. WHICH IS CARBONACEOUS WHERE UNOXIDIZED. UNOXIDIZED ORE CAN BE SEEN ON THE 15TH TO 19TH LEVELS. THE VEIN CONSISTS OF FERRO-DOLOMITE IN THIN CURVING AND OVERLAPPING SHEETS AND LENSES SEPARATED BY BLACK POLISHED GRAPHITIC SURFACES. OCCASIONAL DISCONTINUOUS LENSES OR BROKEN SHEETS OF SOLID SULFIDE ORE ARE FOUND UP TO 18 INCHES IN THICKNESS. THE ORE BODIES PROBABLY EXTEND 2000 FT TO THE E OF THE MINE. ABOUT 25% OF ORE FROM CANDELARIA DISTRICT IS HOSTED BY SERPENTINE. OXIDATION EXTENDS TO 300M (?) IN PARTS OF DEPOSIT. |
| Deposit | THE NORTHERN BELLE MINE, PART OF THIS MINE, WAS THE MOST PRODUCTIVE IN THE DISTRICT IN THE 1860'S-1890'S. THE DEEP SULFIDE ORE COULD NOT BE HANDLED IN THE 1800'S. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-AUG-1981 | Flynn, Patricia D. (Tingley, J. V.) | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology | |
| Updater | 01-AUG-1990 | Marcus, S. (Usgs-Mio) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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