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Badger Basin Prospect

Occurrence in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodity Copper
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096239
MRDS ID W013496
MAS/MILS ID 0160590368
Record type Site
Current site name Badger Basin Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.02902, 44.92879 (WGS84)
Elevation 1981
Relative position 19 MILES SW OF SALMON, IDAHO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Degan Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Salmon-Panther(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Lemhi

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 019N 021E 31 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Prichard Quartzite
    Rock description Prichard Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.02902, 44.92879
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 30 DEG W
    Dip 40 DEG NE
    Width 0.2M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture Zone, 50 Ft. Wide

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1978

Mining district

District name Unorganized District; Deer Creek Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Salmon National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 Caved Adits

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Landreth, J.O., 1964, Geology Of The Rattlesnake Creek Area, Lemhi County, Idaho: Moscow, Idaho, Univ. Of Idaho M.S. Thesis, 49 P

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1976 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 02-JAN-1997 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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

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