The Argo Mine is a silver and gold mine located in Broadwater county, Montana at an elevation of 5,200 feet.
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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
Elevation: 5,200 Feet (1,585 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 46.6875, -111.58167
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Argo Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Argo Mine
Secondary: Eclipse - Argo
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Montana
County: Broadwater
District: Hellgate District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Mary Ann Manger And Vincent Cope
Home Office: 215 E. Sixth Ave. Apt. 14, Helena, Mt 59601
Owner Name: Mary Ann Manger And Vincent Cope
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1902
Discovery Year: 1900
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Big Belt Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR, LENTICULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: El Dorado - Lombard Overthrust Boulder Batholith
Type: L
Description: Broad Northwest-Trending Anticline
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Argillite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Argillite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Argillite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Ankerite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Quartz
Ore: Malachite
Comments
Comment (Workings): MINE DEVELOPED BY ADITS, WINZES, WITH AT LEAST 9 LEVELS
References
Reference (Deposit): REED, G. C., 1951, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS (EXCEPT FUELS), BROADWATER COUNTY, MONTANA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INF. CIRC. 7592
Reference (Production): USBM IC 7592
Reference (Deposit): LAWSON, D. C., 1975, DIRECTORY OF MINING ENTERPRISES FOR 1974: MONT. BUREAU OF MINES GEOL. BULL. 95
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.
