The Argo is a uranium, fluorine-fluorite, gold, silver, lead, and copper mine located in Boulder county, Colorado.
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:
Commodity: Uranium, Fluorine-Fluorite, Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper
Lat, Long: 40.12974, -105.40023
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Argo MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Argo
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Colorado
County: Boulder
District: Jamestown
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1942
Year: 1943
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Fluorspar deposits (fluorite veins)
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Fluorspar
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Tennantite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Enargite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Sericite
Comments
Comment (Production): NO PRODUCTION OF URANIUM. ITEM 1 (FLUORSPAR) CONTAINS ITEM 2
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: VEINS IN BRECCIA ZONE OF SERICITIZED GRANITE FRAGMENTS CEMENTED WITH DEEP VIOLET, FINE GR. FLUORSPAR MIXED CLAY MINERALS. ASSOC. MINERALS: GALENA, PYRITE, SPHALERITE, QTZ, CLAY MINERALS
References
Reference (Deposit): LOVERING AND GODDARD, 1950, USGS PP 223, PG 277, FIG 77.
Reference (Deposit): GODDARD, COLO. SCI. SOC. PROC, V. 15, NO. 1, PG 31-33, PL. 6
Reference (Deposit): SIMS & SHERIDAN, 1964, USGS BULL. 1159
Reference (Deposit): ARGALL, 1949, COLO. SCH. MINES QUART., V. 44, P. 182
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