Announcements and Key Topics

Community members should not enter the former Argonaut Mine property. The mine waste on the property has high levels of arsenic and other metals that could pose a health risk. Some of the contaminated areas are shown in the site map of the August 2020 Fact Sheet here.

The primary risk at the site is direct contact with mine waste. Please ...
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Background

The Argonaut Mine site (site) is an historic hard rock gold mine that operated from the 1850s to 1942. The Argonaut Mining Company processed ore and disposed of tailings in ...
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