Argent Mine

Past Producer in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Iron
Sections on this page
  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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10020002
MRDS ID DC12149
Record type Site
Current site name Argent Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.32358, 40.45577 (WGS84)
Elevation 1951
Relative position 11,600 FT S 84 E OF STOCKTON CEMETERY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Stockton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rush Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rush-Tooele Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 004S 004W 20 NE OF NE OF SW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Jarosite Ore
Limonite Ore
Plumbojarosite Ore
Pyrite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Ore Almost Completely Oxidized

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Oquirrh
    Rock description Oquirrh
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.32358, 40.45577

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description District Is Between Ophir Anticline On West And Pole Canyon Syncline On East

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Intersection Of Bedding And Fissures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Rush Valley

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Hampton Mining Co.
    Home office C/O Willis Smith, Stockton, Ut. 84071

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 259.08M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT TO 850 FT, DRIFTING MAINLY ON LOWER LEVEL STOPES AS LONG AS 60 FT.

Comments on development

  • ONE OF OLDEST MINES IN DISTRICT, ESSENTIALLY ABANDONED BY 1932

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE OCCURS IN TWO SHOOTS ALONG THE GALENA KING GOUGE, THE SHOOTS PITCH TO THE NW WITH THE INTERSECTION OF THE GALENA KING BED OF THE OQUIRRH FM. (N65W, 70 NE) AND TWO NORTH-SOUTH FISSURES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1982 Tripp, Bryce T. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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