Argenta Mine

Past Producer in Beaverhead county in Montana, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10123457
MRDS ID W016868
MAS/MILS ID 0300010151
Record type Site
Current site name Argenta Mine
Alternate or previous names Argenta Gladstone Mine, Argenta

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -112.88899, 45.3096 (WGS84)
Elevation 2152
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaverhead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ermont(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)

Federal lands

Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Beaverhead

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 006 S 011 W 13 NWNESE Montana

Comments on the location information

  • PROPERTY IS NEAR THE TOWN OF ARGENTA MT. LOCATED NORTH EAST OF DILLON MT.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Lead Primary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -112.88899, 45.3096

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Area 1.1HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 1.1
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Argenta District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mrs. John Farnsworth
    Interest 25
    Home office New York
    Year 1978
  • Type Owner
    Owner Dr. Robert Potter
    Interest 13
    Home office Illinois
    Year 1978
  • Type Owner
    Owner Morse, Howard M.
    Interest 13
    Home office California
    Year 1978
  • Type Owner
    Owner Mary French East
    Interest 25
    Home office Montana
    Year 1978
  • Type Owner
    Owner Marion H. Garber
    Interest 25
    Home office Ohio
    Year 1978

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBM & G BULL 85, 1972, P49

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL. 6, 1931, P. 73-74.

  • Deposit

    USGS; NATIONAL AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY PROGRAM: DATA SET

  • Deposit

    "ARGENTA MINE" N 45 18 36/W 112 53 14:

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-FEB-98 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references