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Badger

Past Producer in Mariposa county in California, United States with commodities Gold, 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10030925
MRDS ID M009419
Record type Site
Current site name Badger
Alternate or previous names Prescott
Related records 10187939

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.17877, 37.5241 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 5 MI. NE OF HORNITOS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mariposa(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hornitos(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oakdale(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Jose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fresno River(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Mariposa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 005S 016E 02 California

Comments on the location information

  • SE 1/4 ?, UTM EST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.17877, 37.5241
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH & SWELL
    Strike N
    Dip 32 E
    Thickness 0.91M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: RATHER SINUOUS VEIN 1 - 3 FT. WIDE. PROBABLY SEVERAL OTHER PARALLEL STRINGERS OR SMALL BLANKET VEINS. CUTTER VEIN 1 - 3 FT. WIDE. VUGS IN QUARTZ ARE CRYSTAL LINED. SLATE IS MASSIVE, BLUE-BLACK, SPOTTED; GREENSTONE IS SCHISTOSE; ALSO BLACK HORN BLEND SCHIST AND HORNFELSIC SLATE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1855
Production years - 1934

Mining district

District name Hornitos

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Mrs. Charles B. Cavagnaro

Comments on the production information

  • IS REPORTED TO HAVE YIELDED $80,000 FROM SURFACE WORKINGS IN EARLY DAYS OF ITS HISTORY; MOST OF LATER ACTIVITY HAS NOT BEEN RECORDED. LAST WORK DONE IN 1934 AND A SMALL PRODUCTION WAS RECORDED AT THAT TIME. WORKINGS BELOW LOWER ADIT LEVELS FLOODED IN JAN., 1956. COMPRISES THE PRESCOTT LODE CLAIM & MILL SITE.

Comments on the workings information

  • NEAR END OF MAIN WORKINGS IS A CUTTER VEIN 1 - 3 FT. WIDE. BADGER MINE IS PRIMARILY SURFACE WORKINGS. PRESCOTT VEIN IS DEVELOPED WITH SEVERAL ADITS EXTENSIVE DRIFTS AND STOPES. THE HILLSIDE IS COVERED WITH PITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CLARK, W. B., 1970 , GOLD DISTRICTS OF CALIF.: CDM BULL. 193 , P. 66 .

  • Deposit

    BOWEN, O. E., JR., & GRAY, H., JR., 1957 , MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MARIPOSA COUNTY, CALIF.: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL., VOL. 53 , NOS. 1 & 2 , P. 76 - 77 , 237 .

  • Deposit

    LAIZURE, C. MCK., 1928 , S. F. FIELD DIV. - MARIPOSA COUNTY: 24TH REPORT STATE MINERALOGIST, VOL. 24 , NO. 2 , P. 80 .

  • Production

    BOWEN & GRAY, 1957

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE PRESCOTT VEIN IS OF A SIMILAR CHARACTER. IT ISN'T KNOWN IF THE CUTTER VEIN WORKINGS ARE PART OF THE BADGER, OR NOT.
Deposit VEIN
Deposit Discovery Year: 1850'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1978 Hayden, F. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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