Argo Mine

Past Producer in Nash county in North Carolina, United States with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Land status
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10273350
MAS/MILS ID 0371270007
Record type Site
Current site name Argo Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -77.99552, 36.13178 (WGS84)
Elevation 79

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nash(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Essex(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Roanoke Rapids(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Norfolk(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Tar(hydrologic unit)

Pamlico(hydrologic accounting unit)

Neuse-Pamlico(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Nash

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Metamudstone and Meta-Argillite

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Mann-Arrington Mine

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CARPENTER, III, P ALBERT, 1976, NC DEPT OF NAT AND ECON

  • Deposit

    RESOURCES BULL 84, P. 97.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-NOV-1983 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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