Argo

The Argo is a uranium, fluorine-fluorite, gold, silver, lead, and copper mine located in Boulder county, Colorado.

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

Name: Argo  

State:  Colorado

County:  Boulder

Elevation:

Commodity: Uranium, Fluorine-Fluorite, Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper

Lat, Long: 40.12974, -105.40023

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Argo MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Argo


Commodity

Primary: Uranium
Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Primary: Copper


Location

State: Colorado
County: Boulder
District: Jamestown


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Year: 1942
Year: 1943


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains


Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Fluorspar deposits (fluorite veins)


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Granite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Fluorspar
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Tennantite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Enargite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Sericite


Comments

Comment (Production): NO PRODUCTION OF URANIUM. ITEM 1 (FLUORSPAR) CONTAINS ITEM 2

Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: VEINS IN BRECCIA ZONE OF SERICITIZED GRANITE FRAGMENTS CEMENTED WITH DEEP VIOLET, FINE GR. FLUORSPAR MIXED CLAY MINERALS. ASSOC. MINERALS: GALENA, PYRITE, SPHALERITE, QTZ, CLAY MINERALS


References

Reference (Deposit): LOVERING AND GODDARD, 1950, USGS PP 223, PG 277, FIG 77.

Reference (Deposit): GODDARD, COLO. SCI. SOC. PROC, V. 15, NO. 1, PG 31-33, PL. 6

Reference (Deposit): SIMS & SHERIDAN, 1964, USGS BULL. 1159

Reference (Deposit): ARGALL, 1949, COLO. SCH. MINES QUART., V. 44, P. 182


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