The Argenta Mine is a lead mine located in Beaverhead county, Montana at an elevation of 7,060 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,060 Feet (2,152 Meters)
Commodity: Lead
Lat, Long: 45.3097, -112.88810
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Argenta Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Argenta Mine
Secondary: Argenta Gladstone Mine
Secondary: Argenta
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Gold
Location
State: Montana
County: Beaverhead
District: Argenta District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
Type: Patented
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Marion H. Garber
Percent: 25.00
Home Office: Ohio
Info Year: 1978
Owner Name: Mary French East
Percent: 25.00
Home Office: Montana
Info Year: 1978
Owner Name: Morse, Howard M.
Percent: 13.00
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1978
Owner Name: Dr. Robert Potter
Percent: 13.00
Home Office: Illinois
Info Year: 1978
Owner Name: Mrs. John Farnsworth
Percent: 25.00
Home Office: New York
Info Year: 1978
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): PROPERTY IS NEAR THE TOWN OF ARGENTA MT. LOCATED NORTH EAST OF DILLON MT.
References
Reference (Deposit): "ARGENTA MINE" N 45 18 36/W 112 53 14:
Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL. 6, 1931, P. 73-74.
Reference (Deposit): USGS; NATIONAL AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY PROGRAM: DATA SET
Reference (Deposit): MBM & G BULL 85, 1972, P49
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.
