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Badger Lode Prospect

Prospect in Custer county in Idaho, United States with commodities Silver, Copper, Gold, 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10093538
MRDS ID W014085
MAS/MILS ID 0160370118
Record type Site
Current site name Badger Lode Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.99874, 44.60018 (WGS84)
Elevation 2560
Relative position 9 MI S OF LITTLE CREEK GUARD STATION

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pinyon Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Middle Fork Salmon(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Salmon-Challis National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Custer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 015N 012E 28 SWSWSE Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • JUST E. OF SUMMIT OF SHEEP MOUNTAIN

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Gossan

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE ASSAYED TRACE AU, 0.2 OZ AG/TON, 0.01% PB, 0.01% CU.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Challis Volcanics-Andesite Porphyry
    Rock description Challis Volcanics-Andesite Porphyry
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.99874, 44.60018
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GRAB SAMPLE OF NEARBY GOSSAN CONTAINED TRACES OF BORNITE AND CHALCOPYRITE IN QUARTZ.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1946

Mining district

District name Sheep Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Challis National Forest
Ownership category National Primitive Area
Area name Idaho Primitive Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CATER, F. W., AND OTHERS, 1973, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE IDAHO PRIMITIVE AREA AND VICINITY, IDAHO: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1304, 431 P

  • Deposit

    1973 RECON CATER, F. W., AND OTHERS, BULL. 130

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 01-MAR-1995 Weldin, Robert U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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