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Argo Mill, Colorado

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Idaho Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80452. It lies near Rosa Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Idaho Springs quadrangle.

Argo Mill within Clear Creek County

On record in Argo Mill

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 4 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 28 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

70 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 70 fires within 5 miles of Argo Mill between 1993 and 2020, burning about 234 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 2 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined28
Recreation and ceremony13
Natural8
Smoking6
Equipment and vehicle use4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Debris and open burning2
Fireworks2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Arson/incendiarism2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
8 September 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCentral City Fire DepartmentN/A
4 September 1993Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreArapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grasslandnot named
17 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreClear Creek County OfficeFREIGHT STATION
17 September 2019Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreArapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National GrasslandBARBOUR FORK
17 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreArapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National GrasslandSODA CREEK
9 August 2009Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreArapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National GrasslandBALD MOUNTAIN
7 August 1996Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreArapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National GrasslandDEVIL
31 August 2020Smokingunder an acreBlack Hawk Fire DepartmentN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clear Creek County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 954 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 954 workings within 5 miles of Argo Mill: 815 past producers, 61 producers, 55 occurrences, 19 unknowns. 62 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc, Gold, Silver. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
394357Silver, Uranium, VanadiumPast Producer
AjaxMica, Feldspar, QuartzProducerFeldspar, Mica, Quartz
Ajax Mica MineMica, Feldspar, QuartzPast Producer
Alma-Lincoln MineGold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc, UraniumPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Enargite, Galena, Polybasite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Tennantite, Gold, Cerussite, Chalcocite, Covellite
AnchorMolybdenum, Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, ZincOccurrenceMolybdenite, Pyrite, Fluorite
Baltimore-#7391Copper, Gold, Lead, SilverPast Producer1867
Barita-Hill MineZinc, Silver, LeadProducerGalena, Silver
Black Bear MineLead, Silver, GoldOccurrence
Blackhawk DistrictTungsten, Gold, Silver, CopperProducerCOPPER - SILVER - GOLD VEINS, DISSEMINATED
BonanzaGold, Copper, Zinc, Lead, Silver, UraniumUnknownPyrite, Chalcopyrite, Sphalerite, Galena, Pitchblende

Every working recorded in Clear Creek County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Idaho Springs0.4 miles28
Gilson Gulch1.3 miles27
Black Eagle Mill2.4 miles28
Blue Valley3.1 miles18
Freeland4.7 miles28
Dumont5.2 miles27
Lamartine5.9 miles28
Downieville5.9 miles27

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122558516The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 182015. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.