The Argent Mine is a lead and silver mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 6,401 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,401 Feet (1,951 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 40.45583, -112.32278
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Argent Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Argent Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Rush Valley
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
Owner Name: Hampton Mining Co.
Home Office: C/O Willis Smith, Stockton, Ut. 84071
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Oquirrh Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: District Is Between Ophir Anticline On West And Pole Canyon Syncline On East
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Ore Almost Completely Oxidized
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Plumbojarosite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Limonite
Ore: Jarosite
Ore: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977
Comment (Development): ONE OF OLDEST MINES IN DISTRICT, ESSENTIALLY ABANDONED BY 1932
Comment (Deposit): ORE OCCURS IN TWO SHOOTS ALONG THE GALENA KING GOUGE, THE SHOOTS PITCH TO THE NW WITH THE INTERSECTION OF THE GALENA KING BED OF THE OQUIRRH FM. (N65W, 70 NE) AND TWO NORTH-SOUTH FISSURES.
Comment (Workings): SHAFT TO 850 FT, DRIFTING MAINLY ON LOWER LEVEL STOPES AS LONG AS 60 FT.
References
Reference (Deposit): GILLULY, J., 1932, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE STOCKTON AND FAIRFIELD QUADRANGLES, UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. 173, P. 156-157.
Reference (Deposit): MOORE, W.J., ET. AL., 1966, DISTRIBUTION OF SELECTED METALS IN THE STOCKTON DISTRICT, UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. 550 C.
Reference (Deposit): YOUNG, W.A., 1950, INVESTIGATION OF THE EAGLE SILVER, LEAD AND ZINC MINE, TOOELE CO., UTAH: USBM RI 4680.
Reference (Deposit): UGMS, 1966, A DIRECTORY OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF UTAH, 1965: UGMS BULL. 79, P. 83.
Reference (Deposit): UGMS, 1970, A DIRECTORY OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF UTAH, 1967: UGMS BULL. 84.
Reference (Deposit): USGS, 1921, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES
Reference (Deposit): USBM, 1941, 1962, 1966, MINERAL YEARBOOK OF THE UNITED STATES
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