The Argonaut is a gold and silver mine located in Baker county, Oregon.
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
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Argonaut MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Argonaut
Secondary: Wilmot
Secondary: Hemler
Secondary: George E
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Arsenic
Location
State: Oregon
County: Baker
District: Cracker Creek
Land Status
Administrative Organization: Wallowa-Whitman National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Norvan
Years: 1981 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Blue Mountain Section
Physiographic Detail: Blue Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Early Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Geology): PREMINERAL APLITE AND GRANODIORITE PORPHYRY DIKES. ; GEOL.DESC: ORE ZONES ARE ABRUPTLY DISCONTINOUS.
Comment (Location): NW 1/4, ABOUT 4.5 MILES BY ROAD NORTHWEST OF THE COLUMBIA MINE.
Comment (Production): SMALL SHIPMENTS MADE DURING 1937-1941 PERIOD.
Comment (Development): CROSSCUT BEING EXTENDED IN SUIMMER 1981
Comment (Deposit): TWO VEINS EXPLORED
Comment (Workings): DEVELOPED BY 2,000 FT. OF DRIFTS FROM 2 ADIT LEVELSSMALL SHIPMENTS MADE DURING 1937-1941 PERIOD.
References
Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H. C., AND RAMP, L., 1968 , GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON, O.D.G.M.I., BULL 61 , P. 72 .
Reference (Deposit): OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1939 , ODGMI, BULL. 14 - A, P. 34 .
Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H.C. AND OTHERS, 1981, MAP OF THE GEOLOGY AND GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE BOURNE QUADRANGLE, BAKER AND GRANT COUNTIES, OREGON; ODGMI MAP GMS-19
Oregon Gold
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