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Badger Gold Group

Past Producer in Beaverhead county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019182
MRDS ID DC08950
Record type Site
Current site name Badger Gold Group
Alternate or previous names North Ermont

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.90922, 45.27823 (WGS84)
Elevation 2021
Relative position 1 MILE NORTH OF ERMONT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaverhead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ermont(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Beaverhead(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management MT)

Bureau of Land Management MT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Beaverhead

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 006S 011W 26 SE OF SE Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Jefferson
    Rock description Jefferson
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.90922, 45.27823
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Area Of Nw Trending Faults

Ore body information

  • Width 1.83M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1932
Discoverer Hurley Leach, D.V. Erwin
Year of first production 1933

Mining district

District name Argenta District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner R. M. Fleming
    First year 1962

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 457.2M
    Overall depth 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINED SHAFT 200-FT. DEEP, VERTICAL SHAFT 150 FT. DEEP, AND 1200 FT OF ADDITIONAL WORKINGS.

Comments on development

  • ONE UNPATENTED CLAIM

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 85, P. 42.

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM 15, P. 3.

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM 37, P. 3.

  • Deposit

    1972 COMPILE M.B.M.G. BULL. 8

  • Production

    M.B.M.G. BULL. 85

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-1980 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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