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Badger Mine

Producer in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Alteration
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026835
MRDS ID M000461
Record type Site
Current site name Badger Mine
Related records 10281188

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.82099, 31.99262 (WGS84)
Elevation 937
Relative position 6 1/2 MILES NE OF SELLS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sells East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sells(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Simon Wash(hydrologic unit)

Rio Sonoyta(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sonora(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 016S 005E 34 SE4 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericitized And Silicified Wall Rock.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.82099, 31.99262
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR, SUGARY

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Along Fracture Zone In Granitics

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • A RELATIVELY FEW TONS OF ORE WERE PRODUCED IN 1938 AND RAN 8 OZ/TON AU AND 5 OZ/TON AG.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 20.12M

Comments on the workings information

  • RELATIVELY SHALLOW INCLINED SHAFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S.B., 1974, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 189, P. 110

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    ABM BULLETIN 189 , P. 110

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IRREGULAR SUGARY QUARTZ-CALCITE VEIN WITH SPOTTY OXIDIZED PYRITE, SHOWING ENRICHED GOLD AND SILVER VALUES IN IRON OXIDES NEAR THE SURFACE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1979 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative Arizona resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.