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Argenteria Mine

Past Producer in Clark county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Copper, Silver, Gold, Vanadium
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037208
MRDS ID M031093
Record type Site
Current site name Argenteria Mine
Related records 10197786

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.46778, 35.81306 (WGS84)
Elevation 1463
Relative position 3 MILES SW OF GOODSPRINGS

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
024S 058E 34 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 1 MILE SE OF FREDRICKSON MINE.

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calamine Ore
Descloizite Ore
Galena Ore
Hydrozincite Ore
Smithsonite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 72
USGS model code 19a
Deposit model name Polymetallic replacement
Mark3 model number 47

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.46778, 35.81306
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Fredrickson Rift Zone (Nw Belt Of Shearing).
Type of structure Local
Structure description Ore Bearing Material Lies On Crest Of Low Anticline, Fredrickson Fault Marked By Breccia Zone.

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Breccia & Fracture Zone Permeabilities.

Comments on the geologic information

  • DESCLOIZITE FORMS THIN MAMMILLARY COATINGS ON THE DOLOMITE BRECCIA. GALENA IS EMBEDDED IN THE BROWN CHERT CEMENTING THE BRECCIA. ORE BODIES ARE TABULAR 5 - 20 FEET THICK PARALLEL TO THE BEDDING.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Goodsprings

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION INTERMITTENT FROM 1927 TO 1962 .

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 121.92M

Comments on the workings information

  • PRINCIPAL WORKINGS ARE TWO TUNNELS; THE NORTH ONE EXTENDING FROM THE WEST SIDE TO THE EAST SIDE OF THE RIDGE. LENGTH OF WORKINGS TOTALS APPROX. 400 FEET FOR BOTH TUNNELS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HEWETT, 1931 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF GOODSPRINGS QUAD. USGS PROF. PAPER 162 P. 148 - 149 .

  • Deposit

    LONGWELL, C. R., PAMPEYAN, E. H., BOWYER, B., ROBERTS, R. J., 1965 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CLARK CO., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 62 .

  • Production

    LONGWELL ETAL, 1965

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1979 Harner, Joy L. (Roberts, Ralph J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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