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Argentena

Past Producer in Clark county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Vanadium, 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Production statistics
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10197786
MRDS ID M031093
MAS/MILS ID 0320030136
Record type Site
Current site name Argentena
Alternate or previous names Argentina, Argenta
Related records 10037208

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -115.46754, 35.8117 (WGS84)
Elevation 1463
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clark(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Goodsprings(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mesquite Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kingman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ivanpah-Pahrump Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 024 S 058 E 33 E2SESE Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Unknown
Calamine Unknown
Cerussite Unknown
Galena Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -115.46754, 35.8117
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 2.9M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 SHEAR ZONE
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 REPLACEMENT
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Secondary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 DOLOMITIZATION
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 830316

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE ORE BODIES LIE IN BRECCIA ZONES PARALLEL TO SUBPARALLEL TO THE BEDDING. BEDDING STRIKES NORTHWARD, AND DIPS BETWEEN N10E IN THE EAST TO N10 W IN THE WEST DUE TO THE BROAD ANTICLINE.
  • HYDROZINCITE IS AT LEAST AS ABUNDANT AS CALAMINE. DESCLOISITE (A VANADATE) OCCURS LOCALLY, AS DOES CINNABAR. THE LATTER FORMS THIN COATS ON GALENA IN PLACES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1930

Mining district

District name Goodsprings District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Argentena Consolidated Mining Co.
    Home office California
    Year 1954
  • Type Operator
    Owner Complex Metals Corp.
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1960

Production statistics

  • Year 1930
    Description Cerussite 61 Metric Tonnes
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Lead Lead 61mt
  • Year 1930
    Description Hydrozincite 260 Metric Tonnes
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Zinc Zinc 260mt
  • Year 1931
    Description Cerussite 40 Metric Tonnes
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Lead Lead 40mt
  • Year 1931
    Description Hydrozincite 152 Metric Tonnes
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Zinc Zinc 152mt
  • Year 1944
    Description Copper Metric Tonnes
  • Year 1944
    Description Gold Grams/M. Tonne
  • Year 1944
    Description Silver Cassoc. With Pb Minerals) 212 Grams/M. Tonne
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Silver Silver 212g/mt
  • Year 1944
    Description Cerussite 23 Metric Tonnes
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Lead Lead 23mt
  • Year 1944
    Description Hydrozincite 71 Metric Tonnes
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Zinc Zinc 71mt
  • Year 1945
    Description Copper Metric Tonnes
  • Year 1945
    Description Gold Gm/ M. Tonne
  • Year 1945
    Description Silver Cassoc. With Pb Minerals) 179 Gm / M. Tonne
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Silver Silver 179g/mt
  • Year 1945
    Description Cerussite 55 Metric Tonnes
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Lead Lead 55mt
  • Year 1945
    Description Hydrozincite 221 Metric Tonnes
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Zinc Zinc 221mt
  • Year 1946
    Description Silver (Assoc. With Pb Minerals) 127 Gm/ M. Tonne
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Silver Silver 127g/mt
  • Year 1946
    Description Cerussite 23 M. Tonnes
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Lead Lead 23mt
  • Year 1946
    Description Hydrozincite 137 M. Tonnes
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Zinc Zinc 137mt
  • Year 1946
    Description Copper M. Tonnes
  • Year 1946
    Description Gold Gm/ M. Tonne

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • THE AVERAGE VANADIUM CONTENT IS UNKNOWN, BUT 27 TONS OF V205 ORE ASSAYING 7.8 PCT WAS MINED IN THE SOUTH END OF THE NO. 3 WORKINGS. THE MAIN VANADIUM MINERAL IS DESCLOISITE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Geology

    HEWETT, D.F., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESUORCES OF THE (VANPAH

  • Geology

    QUAD., CALIF. AND NEV., USGS PROF. PAPER 275

  • Geology

    RICHARDS, A., AND ALBRITTON, C.C. JR., ARGENTENA MINE IN GEO

  • Geology

    LOGICAL CONTROLS OF LEAD AND ZINC DEPOSITS IN GOODSPRINGS

  • Geology

    (YELLOW PINE) DISTRICT, NEV., 1956, USGS BULL. 1010

  • Geology

    GEEHAN, R.V., ARGENTENA ZN-PB MINE, CLARK CO., NEV., 1947,

  • Geology

    US BU MINES RPT. INVEST. 4103

  • Deposit

    GAGE, H.L. THE LEAD-ZINC MINES OF NEVADA. IN: SOME FOREIGN

  • Deposit

    AND DOMESTIC LEAD-ZINC MINES THAT COULD SUPPLY ZINC CON-

  • Deposit

    CENTRATES TO A PACIFIC NORTHWEST ELECTROLYTIC ZINC INDUS-

  • Deposit

    TRY. BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION (CONFIDENTIAL REPORT)

  • Deposit

    1941, PP. 86-87.

  • Deposit

    HEWETT, D.F, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE GOODSPRINGS

  • Deposit

    QUAD., NEV., 1931, USGS PROF. PAPER 162.

  • Deposit

    LONGWELL, C.R., ET AL, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CLARK

  • Deposit

    CO., NEV., 1965, NEV. BU MINES BULL. 62

  • Deposit

    DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINES, MINING PRESS, RENO, 1940, (NOT IN

  • Deposit

    BU MINES LIBRARY)

  • Deposit

    US BU MINES WFOC MINERAL PROPERTY FILE 37.011 (SEQ. NO. 032-

  • Deposit

    033-0110)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 17-FEB-93 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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