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Argo Group

Occurrence in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodities Tungsten, Gold
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045035
MRDS ID M232687
Record type Site
Current site name Argo Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.81323, 41.49294 (WGS84)
Elevation 1341
Relative position 100 MILES BY ROAD NW OF WINNEMUCCA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Battle Creek Ranch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Jackson Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vya(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Quinn(hydrologic unit)

Black Rock Desert(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 041N 028E 07 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ON BARTLETT CREEK, 6 MILES WEST OF LEONARD CREEK RANCH

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Rock unit name Happy Creek Volcanics
    Rock description Happy Creek Volcanics
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.81323, 41.49294
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Dip 87E
    Thickness 0.76M

Comments on the geologic information

  • 3 VEINS; ONE, A 30-INCH WIDE QUARTZ VEIN CARRYING ABOUT 2 % SCHEELITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1940

Mining district

District name Varyville District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner J. B. Davis And W. O. Cope

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 3.05M
    Overall depth 9.14M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT, DRIFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KRAL, V., 1940, UNPUBLISHED PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE ARGO GROUP, ON FILE AT NBMG

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 3 VEINS
Deposit 5 UNPATENTED CLAIMS, DEVELOPED BY A 30-FT SHAFT AND A 10-FT DRIFT. (EXACT LOCATION UNCERTAIN) ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1981 La Pointe, D.D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-MAY-1987 La Pointe, D.D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

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