The Argonaut Pit is a gold mine located in Salt Lake county, Utah at an elevation of 6,375 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,375 Feet (1,943 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 40.53361, -112.15444
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Argonaut Pit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Argonaut Pit
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Utah
County: Salt Lake
District: Bingham District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Sand and Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: AVE 6 - 18 CENTS PER CUBIC YARD
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: THE DEPOSIT IS AN OLD CHANNEL FILL MADE UP OF A CAPPING OF FINE SAND AND GRAVEL UNDERLAIN BY CROSS-BEDDED LENSES OF SAND; BLACK CARBONACEOUS DETRITAL DEPOSIT; FERRUGINOUS SUBANGULAR MATERIAL, BECOMING FINER DOWNWARD; CARBONACEOUS MATERIAL; COARSE SUBANGULAR MATERIAL; A LOWER CARBONACEOUS BED, AND A BASE HIDDEN BY TALUS.
Comment (Production): ESTIMATED $100,000
Comment (Deposit): MINED BY OPEN PIT AND HYDRAULICING. GROUND COVERED BY WASTE FROM THE BINGHAM PIT.
Comment (Location): UNDERNEATH THE OPEN PIT MINE DUMPS.
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS PROF. PAPER 38, P. 350-351.
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 04-01-1958
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