The Argentum-Juniata Mine is a silver, zinc, and lead mine located in Pitkin county, Colorado at an elevation of 7,986 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 7,986 Feet (2,434 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Zinc, Lead
Lat, Long: 39.18333, -106.81694
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Argentum-Juniata Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Argentum-Juniata Mine
Secondary: Argenta Tunnel
Secondary: Claims: M. & Y.
Secondary: Lost Smuggler
Secondary: Oriental
Secondary: Amazon
Secondary: Juniata
Secondary: Cameron
Secondary: Golden Fleece
Secondary: Jesse C.
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Lead
Location
State: Colorado
County: Pitkin
District: Aspen (Roaring Fork) District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1885
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Sawatch Uplift, Central Colorado Trough, Piceance Basin, White River Uplift, Elk Uplift
Type: L
Description: Silver Fault, Contact Fault, Aspen Mountain Syncline
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Iron Oxides
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Paleocene
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Barite
Comments
Comment (Location): IN ASPEN MTN AREA, AT BASE OF EAST ASPEN MTN. ELEV FROM SPURR (1898); LAT-LONG APPROXIMATED FROM BRYANT (1972). PORTAL LIES ON M AND Y CLAIM (MS 3921) ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1980)
Comment (Development): CLAIMS LISTED ABOVE REPRESENT ARGENTUM-JUNIATA MINING CO. (1916)
Comment (Deposit): LEADVILLE LIMESTONE BEDS STRIKE NE AND DIP STEEPLY NW. SILVER FAULT SHOWS THICK BRECCIA OF PORPHYRY, SHALE, LIMESTONE, AND OPEN FISSURES AND WATER COURSES IN LIMESTONE. MOST OF WORKINGS RUN ON CONTACT FAULT. LATER PARALLEL CROSS-FRACTURES AND SLIGHT-DISPLACEMENT FAULTS STRIKE NW, HAVE STEEP SW DIP, AND OFFSET SILVER AND CONTACT FAULTS. EFFECT OF THESE LATER FAULTS ON MINERALIZATION IS UNKNOWN.
Comment (Workings): TUNNEL DRIVEN 250 FT GENERALLY WESTWARD, THENCE S15W FOR 500 FT AS DRIFTS ALONG CONTACT FAULT. WORKINGS POSSIBLY EXTEND SW 500 TO 1200 FT, JOINING HOMESTAKE, DURANT, A.M.S., AND/OR OTHER OPERATIONS
References
Reference (Deposit): BRYANT, BRUCE, 1972, MAP SHOWING MINES, PROSPECTS, AND AREAS OF SIGNIFICANT SILVER, LEAD, AND ZINC PRODUCTION IN THE ASPEN QUADRANGLE, PITKIN COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-785-D
Reference (Deposit): BLM MINERAL SURVEYS MS 3921, 4019, 4021, 5875, 3958
Reference (Deposit): BRYANT, BRUCE, 1971, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ASPEN QUADRANGLE, PITKIN COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-933.
Reference (Deposit): SPURR, J.E., 1898, GEOLOGY OF THE ASPEN DISTRICT, COLORADO: USGS MON. 31, P. 159
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