| Deposit ID | 10045309 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M233010 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Badger Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Woodchuck? Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -118.48317, 38.27715 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2012 |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Mineral(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Rattlesnake Flat(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Excelsior Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Walker Lake(hydrologic unit)
Walker(hydrologic accounting unit)
Central Lahontan(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 | Mineral |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 005N | 032E | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite |
| Rock unit name | Dunlap |
| Rock description | Dunlap |
| (1) | -118.48317, 38.27715 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Strong Folding With Local Overturning; Tert And Quat Faulting |
| General form | LINEAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N70W |
| Dip | STEEPLY N |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1862 |
| District name | Silver Star District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 91.44M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M233010 |
ROSS, D.C., 19618 GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 58.
HILL, J.M., 1915, SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN NORTHEASTERN CALIFORNIA CALIFORNIA AND NORTHWESTERN NEVADA: USGS BULL. 594.
ROSS, D.C., 19618 TABLE 6.7.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | Discovery Year: EARLY 1860'S |
| Deposit | ORE MINERALS OCCUT IN BRECCIA THAT STRIKES N70W, DIPS STEEPLY NORTH IN QUARTZITE. SILVER:LEAD RATIO 1:1. |
| Deposit | THIS AREA WAS PART OF THE FIRST ACTIVITY IN THE DISTRICT, WHEN SILVER AND LEAD BEGAN TO BE PRODUCED IN THE 1860'S. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-AUG-1981 | Tingley, J.V. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology |
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