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Argo

Past Producer in Boulder county in Colorado, United States with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Lead, Silver, Gold, Copper, Uranium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Production statistics
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10238381
MRDS ID DC04754
MAS/MILS ID 0080130007
Record type Site
Current site name Argo
Related records 10018054

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -105.40082, 40.12972 (WGS84)
Elevation 2255
Location accuracy 10(meters)

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

Commodities

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

Materials information

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

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

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) Laramide intrusive rocks
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Jamestown

Land status

Ownership category Private

Production statistics

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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINE MAP REPO # 402332 404632 4054046 405052 405053 4050

  • Deposit

    405060 405221 405223 OWN/ ALLIED CHEMICAL CORP

  • Deposit

    REF VANERWILT MINERAL RESOURCES OF COLO P 324

  • Deposit

    REF USGS PROF PAPER 223 PLATE 3

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 17-NOV-1983 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) 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

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