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Argo

Past Producer in Clear Creek county in Colorado, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Uranium, Vanadium, Lead, Copper, Zinc
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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. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Production statistics
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10190190
MAS/MILS ID 0080190045
Record type Site
Current site name Argo

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -105.50779, 39.74359 (WGS84)
Elevation 2316
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clear Creek(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Idaho Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Denver West(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Denver(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Clear(hydrologic unit)

South Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Clear Creek

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 004 S 074 W 12 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Uranium Tertiary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary
Lead Secondary
Copper Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -105.50779, 39.74359
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Lamartine Area

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Private

Production statistics

  • Year 1892
    Period 1887-92
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor Lead Lead 28122.72mt
    Trace Silver Silver 1840175.24g
    Trace Gold Gold 14960.77g
  • Year 1941
    Period 1919-26, 1939, 1941
    Material ore
    Ore mined 343.48mt
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor Zinc Zinc 7444.81mt
    Minor Copper Copper 11.79mt
    Minor Lead Lead 6403.81mt
    Trace Silver Silver 189700.13g
    Trace Gold Gold 2612.69g

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RADIOACTIVITY MEASURES ABOUT 4 TIMES BACKGROUND. THE 7-1/2 MINUTE USGS MAP FOR THE AREA IS IDAHO SPRINGS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-NOV-1983 Minecom U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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Authoritative Colorado resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.