| Deposit ID | 10040581 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M055407 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Badger Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Wild Rose Claim No. 1 |
| Related records | 10198444 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -117.52623, 40.32823 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2012 |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Pershing(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Needle Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Fish Creek Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Dixie Valley(hydrologic unit)
Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)
Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)
Great Basin(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)
Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)
BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Pershing |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 028N | 040E | 06 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Mercury | Primary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Cinnabar | Ore |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Model code | 177 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 27a |
| Deposit model name | Hot-spring Hg |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite | ||
| Rock unit name | Havallah | ||
| Rock description | Havallah | ||
| |||
| (1) | -117.52623, 40.32823 |
|---|
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Mount Tobin District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | B. A. Schofield |
| First year | 1979 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M055407 |
JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 89
TINGLEY, J. V., 1984 FIELD EXAMINATION OF DISTRICT.
NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3
BAILEY, E. H., RYTUBA, J. J. AND JONES, R.B., 1984, UNPUBLISHED DATA ON HG DEPOSITS OF NEVADA.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | ADITS EXPLORE AREAS OF CONCENTRATION OF NARROW WHITE QUARTZ VEINS THAT LOCALLY CONTAIN 0.25 MM CRYSTALS OF PYRITE.- ALTHOUGH THE PROSPECT IS LISTED AS A MERCURY CLAIM BY JOHNSON- (1977), PANNING OF A LARGE SAMPLE TAKEN FROM VARIOUS PLACES -IN BOTH DUMPS YIELDED ABUNDANT PYRITE BUT NO CINNABAR. PERHAPS- THE MAIN METAL BEING SOUGHT HERE WAS GOLD RATHER THAN MERCURY |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-NOV-1975 | Gassaway, Judith S. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology | |
| Updater | 01-JAN-1986 | La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology | |
| Updater | 01-FEB-1981 | Royse, Sue E. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology | |
| Updater | 01-SEP-1994 | Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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