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Argenta

Past Producer in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, 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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Controls for ore emplacement
  15. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  16. Mining district
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10104044
MRDS ID M234149
Record type Site
Current site name Argenta

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.21843, 41.32073 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 50(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tuscarora(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tuscarora(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

McDermitt(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Owyhee(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 040N 051E 35 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Silver Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Typical Epithermal Alteration Halo

Analytical data

Result SEE NOLAN (1936) P. 31

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 150
USGS model code 25c
Deposit model name Epithermal vein, Comstock
Mark3 model number 16

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.21843, 41.32073
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description E-Striking Faults, Conjugate To A Set Of Nw-Striking Faults

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike NE
    Dip NW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure Intersections

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1890
Year of first production 1890

Mining district

District name Tuscarora District

Comments on the production information

  • MAJORITY OF PRODUCTION WAS PRE-1890.

Comments on development

  • MAJORITY OF PRODUCTION WAS PRE-1890

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMITH, R.M., (1976-56) USGS OFR

  • Deposit

    NOLAN, T.B., (1936) NBMG BULL 25.

  • Production

    NOLAN, T.B., (1936) P. 30

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BONANZA-TYPE EPITHERMAL VEIN DEPOSIT; THE BEST ORE SHOOTS PITCHED NORTHWARD ALONG FISSURE INTERSECTIONS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-79 Kirkham, Richard A. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

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