The Argus Mine is a silver and lead mine located in Powell county, Montana.
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Mine Info
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Argus Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Argus Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Zinc
Tertiary: Nickel
Tertiary: Arsenic
Location
State: Montana
County: Powell
District: Emery (Zosell) District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Boulder Batholith
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Bleaching, Silicification
Rocks
Name: Basalt
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Basalt
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Basalt
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: AVERAGED 60% PB, 105 OZ/TON AG.
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Millerite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): ABOVE STEEP SLOPE FACING DEER LODGE VALLEY. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1959)
Comment (Geology): LOW ANGLE REVERSE FAULTS
Comment (Deposit): VEIN OUTCROPS AT AN ALTITUDE OF ABOUT 6500 FT, AND EXTENDS FOR ABOUT 1000 FT. VEIN CONSISTS OF A "HONEYCOMB" QUARTZ. OXIDIZED ZONE WITHIN DEEPS OF 40-100FT. THE WALL ROCK ADJACENT TO THE VEIN IS CUT BY VEINLETS OF CARBONATE AND QUARTZ
Comment (Workings): 3 INCLINED SHAFTS (CAVED)
References
Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 98, P. 18, 56.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 842, P. 281-82.
Reference (Deposit): MBMG MEM 34, P. 16.
Reference (Production): MBMG BULL 98, P. 56.
Principal Gold Districts of Montana
In Montana, 54 mining districts have each have produced more than 10,000 ounces of gold. The largest producers are Butte, Helena, Marysville, and Virginia City, each having produced more than one million ounces. Twenty seven other districts are each credited with between 100,000 and one million ounces of gold production. Read more: Principal Gold Districts of Montana.
