Argenta District

Producer in Beaverhead county in Montana, United States with commodities Zinc, Copper, Lead, Silver, 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. Geologic structures
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000321
MRDS ID D008843
Record type District
Current site name Argenta District

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.86559, 45.2866 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position CENTER OF DISTRICT - HAND (MAULDIN) MINE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaverhead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Argenta(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Beaverhead(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Beaverhead

Commodities

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.86559, 45.2866

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description HUMBOLDT MTN ANTICLINE, KELLY THRUST

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Discovery year 1862
Year of first production 1862

Mining district

District name ARGENTA DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 574.

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 6.

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 85.

Beyond USGS

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