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Badger Mine

Past Producer in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodities Tungsten, Copper, Lead
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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. Materials information
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047477
MRDS ID M242833
Record type Site
Current site name Badger Mine
Related records 10173564

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.92876, 41.02739 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Barrett Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Osgood Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

McDermitt(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Quinn(hydrologic unit)

Black Rock Desert(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 036N 036E 03,04 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • EXACT LOCATION UNCERTAIN, BUT PRESUMED TO BE IN THE KRUM HILLS ABOUT 10 MILES NW OF WINNEMUCCA. . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Copper Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • TUNGSTEN CONTENT OF THE ORE PRODUCED AVERAGED ABOUT 1.0 % WO3.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Scheelite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 273
USGS model code 36a
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mark3 model number 27

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Rasberry
    Rock description Rasberry

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.92876, 41.02739
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Igneous Contact

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ten Mile Mining District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on development

  • ABOUT 100 TONS OF ORE WAS PRODUCED BY THE BADGER TUNGSTEN MINES DURING THE PERIOD 1954-1955, YIELDING 51 UNITS WO3.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STAGER, H. K. AND TINGLEY, J. V., IN PREPARATION, NBMG BULL ON TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF NEVADA.

  • Deposit

    WILLDEN, R., 1964, NBMG BULL 59, PL. I.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A SMALL GRANODIORITE BODY INTRUDES TRIASSIC SEDIMENTS IN THE NW PART OF THE KRUM HILLS. THE QUARTZ VEINS THAT LOCALLY CONTAIN SULFIDES, CUT THE SEDIMENTARY ROCKS IN THE MINE AREA.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-87 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-94 Li, Zhiping (Moyer, Lorre A.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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