Mine detail: Argonne Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

46.44601, -112.18282

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Uranium
Secondary:	Zinc
Ore:	Gold, Sphalerite, Uranophane
Gangue:	Chalcedony, Pyrite, Quartz
Discovery year:	1931

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host type:	Quartz Monzonite
Associated rock:	Butte Quartz Monzonite (Boulder Batholith)
Associated type:	Quartz Monzonite
Structure:	Boulder Batholith
Alteration processes:	Oxidation Of Pyrite

References

MRDS	DC09417
DEP	10019299
Reference	{Deposit:: USGS PP 428, P. 63, 67, PL. 1.}{Deposit:: BECRAFT, GE, 1954, WRITTEN COMM.}{Deposit:: USGS MAP MR-21, P. 13.}
Reporter	Unknown, Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.)