Argentine

The Argentine is a silver mine located in Dolores county, Colorado at an elevation of 9,400 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

Name: Argentine

State: Colorado

County: Dolores

Elevation: 9,400 Feet (2,865 Meters)

Primary Mineral: Silver

Lat, Long: 37.7011, -108.00810

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Argentine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Argentine
Secondary: San Juan National Forest

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Lead

Location

State: Colorado
County: Dolores
District: Pioneer/Rico

Land Status

Land ownership: Mixed

Holdings

Type: Patented

Workings

Ownership

Owner Name: Rico Development Corp.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Colorado
Info Year: 1989

Production

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: Southern Rocky Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Orebody

Structure

Alterations

Rocks

Analytical Data

Materials

Unknown: Calcite

Unknown: Sphalerite

Unknown: Pyrite

Comments

Comment Type:
Deposit

Comment: THE ARGENTINE IS A MULTILEVEL SHAFT THAT CONNECTS WITH WORKINGS IN SILVER CREEK AND ON CHC HILL. ALSO KNOWN AS ARGENTINE SHAFT.

References

Reference Category: Deposit	Reference: REF: TOPO MAP 1960
Reference Category: Deposit	Reference: US BUREAU OF MINES OPEN FILE REPORT MLA 2-92.