Rico Argentine Mining Company

The Rico Argentine Mining Company is a mine located in Dolores county, Colorado at an elevation of 9,400 feet.

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Site Name

Primary: Rico Argentine Mining Company
Secondary: Mountain Springs Mine
Secondary: Pro Patria Mine
Secondary: Revenue Mine
Secondary: Atlantic Cable Mine
Secondary: Silver Swan Mine
Secondary: Yellow Jacket Mine
Secondary: Falcon Mine
Secondary: Shamrock and Atlantic Cable Mine

Commodity

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

Location

State: Colorado
County: Dolores
District: Pioneer

Land Status

Land ownership: Federal
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: Located Claim
Type: Patented

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Rico-Argentine Mining Co.
Company ID: 500410
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Utah
Info Year: 1976

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1916
Discovery Year: 1875
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N

Physiography

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

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Unknown: Argentite
Unknown: Gold
Unknown: Stephanite
Unknown: Sphalerite
Unknown: Silver
Unknown: Rhodochrosite
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Pyrargyrite
Unknown: Proustite
Unknown: Polybasite
Unknown: Gypsum
Unknown: Gold
Unknown: Galena
Unknown: Calcite
Unknown: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Deposit): RICO ARGENTINE MINING CO. JUNE 1976 THE OPERATIONS IN THIS DISTRICT ARE TEMPORARILY INACTIVE E FOR SURFACE LEACHING OF THE DUMPS FOR SILVER AND GOLD. THE RICO ARGENTINE MINING CO (R-A) HAS CONSOLADATED MOST O FAVORABLE PROPERTIES IN THE DISTRICT AND HAS OPERATED A LA NUMBER OF MINES UNDER VARIOUS NAMES LOCATION: THE CODED LOCATION IS THE REVENUE MINE ONE OF TH GROUP DEPOSIT: THE MINERALIZED FAULTS STRIKE MORE OR LESS N-S TH AND DIP DIRECTION IS EXTREMELY VARIABLE THOUGH GENERALLY N VERTICAL. THE DIMENSIONS OF THE VEIN VARIES WITH THE HOST VEINS IN SANDSTONES AND SHALES ARE THIN THOUGH OCCASSIONAL IN GRADE (GOLD),THE REPLACEMENT ZONES (MANTOS) ARE CONSIDE WIDER AND ARE CODED ON THE DEPOSIT RECORD. MATRIX: RESERVES MAY BE EXHAUSTED NO DATA IS AVAILABLE AND MINING HAS STOPPED MINING: CAPACITY WAS 272 TONNE/DAY (300 TPD) BENEFICIATION: CAPACITY WAS 159 TONNE/DAY (175 TPD) NO COST DATA AVAILABLE - MINE CLOSED ENVIROMENTAL: DOLORES WILD RIVER ACT AREA A PREPRODUCTION PERIOD OF TWO YEARS WOULD BE REQUIRED TO R OPERATIONS IF ORE INDICATIONS WERE DISCOVERED. MILLING CAPITOL COST ESTIMATED AT $10,000 PER TPD OF CAPAC FOR A NEW MILL INFORMATION REGARDING URANIUM: RADIOACTIVITY 5XBG. URANIU MINERALIZATION OCCURES IN A PYRITE-QUARTZ AGGREGATE INTE WITH THE SANDSTONE. ASSAY ON GRAB 0.009% U308.

References

Reference (Deposit): COLLINS, G.E., 1931, LOCALIZATION OF OREBODIES AT RICO AND R

Reference (Deposit): MOUNTAIN, COLORADO, AS CONDITIONED BY GEOLOGIC STRUCTURE A

Reference (Deposit): HISTORY: COLO. SCI. SOC. PR., V. 12, NO. 12, P. 407-424

Reference (Deposit): CROSS, W. AND RANSOME, F.E., 1905, RICO FOLIO, COLORADO: USG

Reference (Deposit): ATLAS, FOLIO 130, 20P.

Reference (Deposit): CROSS, W. AND SPENCER, A.C., 1900, GEOLOGY OF THE RICO MOUNT

Reference (Deposit): COLORADO: USGS 21ST ANNUAL REPORT, PT. 2, P. 7-165

Reference (Deposit): HUBBELL, A.H.,1927, RICO REVIVED: ENG. AND MIN. JOUR., V. 12

Reference (Deposit): NO. 8, P. 317-321

Reference (Deposit): MCKNIGHT, E.T.,1933, RICO DISTRICT, IN COLORADO: 16TH INT. G

Reference (Deposit): CONG., GUIDEBOOK 19, 63-66

Reference (Deposit): -------,1974, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE RICO DISTRICT,

Reference (Deposit): COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 723, 100P.

Reference (Deposit): RANSOME, F.L.,1901, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF THE RICO MOUNTAINS,

Reference (Deposit): COLORADO: USGS 22ND ANNUAL REPORT, PT. 2, P. 229-397

Reference (Deposit): RICKARD, T.A., 1896, THE ENTERPRISE MINE, RICO, COLORADO: AM

Reference (Deposit): INST. MIN. AND MET. TR., V. 26, P. 906-980

Reference (Deposit): VARNES, D.J., 1947, RICO MINING DISTRICT, DOLORES COUNTY, IN

Reference (Deposit): VANDERWILT, J.W., ED., MINERAL RESOURCES OF COLORADO: STAT

Reference (Deposit): COLO., MINERAL RES. BD., P. 414-416

Reference (Deposit): WISSER, E., 1960, RICO, COLORADO, IN RELATION OF ORE DEPOSIT

Reference (Deposit): DOMING IN THE NORTH AMERICAN CORDILLERA: GEOL. SOC. AMER.

Reference (Deposit): P. 40-46

Reference (Deposit): URANIUM INFORMATION FROM PRR 1741 10/53

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