Badger King Mine

Prospect in Butte county in Idaho, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10119767
MAS/MILS ID 160230090
Record type Site
Current site name Badger King Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -113.1608, 44.1036 (WGS84)
Elevation 2222
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Butte(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Badger Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Borah Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dubois(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Little Lost(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper 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 Butte

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 009 N 028 E 19 SWNENE Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -113.1608, 44.1036

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Challis National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROSS, C. P., 1961, GEOLOGY OF THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE LEMHI

  • Deposit

    RANGE, ID: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1081-F, 260 P.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 11-91, 1991, APPENDIX

  • Deposit

    C, NO. 31, P. 142.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1992-06-05 Lipton, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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