Mine detail: Argentum Mining Co.

Previously called 'Northern Belle, HolmesArgentum Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.15687, -118.08372

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver
Secondary:	Lead, Zinc, Antimony, Copper, Gold
Tertiary:	Iron, Manganese, Arsenic, Nickel, Chromium, Uranium
Ore:	Bindheimite, Cerargyrite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Jamesonite, Silver, Smithsonite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Calcite, Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form:	LINEAR
Discovery year:	1864

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Large
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1870

Geology

Host rock:	Candelaria;Candelaria;Candelaria
Host type:	Mudstone
Associated rock:	Pickhandle Gulch Formation;Pickhandle Gulch Formation
Associated type:	Mafic Volcanic Rock
Structure:	The North Side Of The District Is Bounded By A Major Post-Mineral Fault. Recurrent Faulting., Complex Fissures, The Candelaria, Alpha, And Belle Faults; Pickhandle Gulch Complex Thrust Over Candelaria Fm. Of Lower Triassic.
Tectonic:	Basin And Range
Alteration processes:	Oxidation; Serpentinization Of Pickhandle Gulch Rocks; Sericitization.

References

MRDS	M233028
DEP	10104012
Reference	{Deposit:: ROSS, D.C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 58.}{Deposit:: KNOPF, ADOLPH, 1922, THE CANDELARIA SILVER DISTRICT, NEVADA: USGS BULL. 735A, P.1-22.}{Deposit:: COUCH B.F., AND CARPENTER, J.A., 1943, NEVAD * METAL AND MINERAL PRODUCTION (1859-1940, INCLUSIVE): NEVADA UNIV. BULL., V.37, NO.4, GEOLOGY AND MINING SER. NO. 38.}{Deposit:: BURGESS, J.A., 1930, REPORT ON THE GEOLOGY OF THE NORTHERN BELLE MINE OF THE ARGENTUM MINING CO. OF NEVADA (UNPUB.): NBMG FILES}{Deposit:: PAGE, B.M., 1959, GEOLOGY OF THE CANDELARIA MINING DISTRICT, MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULLETIN 56.}{Deposit:: GARSIDE, L.J., 1973, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES IN NEVADA: NBMG BULLETIN 81, 84 P.}{Deposit:: MOELLER, S.A., 1988, GEOLOGY AND MINERALIZATION IN THE CANDELARIA DISTRICT: IN, BULK MINEABLE PRECIOUS METAL DEPOSITS OF THE WESTERN U.S., GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF NEVADA, P.135-158.}{Production:: ROSS, D.C., 1961, TABLE 6.2}
Reporter	Flynn, Patricia D. (Tingley, J. V.), Marcus, S. (Usgs-Mio)