The Argo Group is a tungsten and gold mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,400 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,400 Feet (1,341 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten, Gold
Lat, Long: 41.49306, -118.81222
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Argo Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Argo Group
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Varyville District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: J. B. Davis And W. O. Cope
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1940
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: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): 5 UNPATENTED CLAIMS, DEVELOPED BY A 30-FT SHAFT AND A 10-FT DRIFT. (EXACT LOCATION UNCERTAIN) ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Location): ON BARTLETT CREEK, 6 MILES WEST OF LEONARD CREEK RANCH
Comment (Deposit): 3 VEINS
Comment (Workings): SHAFT, DRIFT.
Comment (Geology): 3 VEINS; ONE, A 30-INCH WIDE QUARTZ VEIN CARRYING ABOUT 2 % SCHEELITE.
References
Reference (Deposit): KRAL, V., 1940, UNPUBLISHED PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE ARGO GROUP, ON FILE AT NBMG
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
