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Hercules - Badger Mine

Past Producer in Mohave county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Silver, Copper, Zinc, Molybdenum
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027856
MRDS ID M004222
Record type Site
Current site name Hercules - Badger Mine
Related records 10283721

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.17247, 35.42501 (WGS84)
Elevation 1433
Relative position ABOUT 2 MILES NE OF CHLORIDE, ABOUT 2.7 MILES NW OF CHERUM PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mohave(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chloride(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Davis Dam(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kingman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sacramento Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Mohave

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 024N 018W 35 SE Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Ithaca Peak Granite
    Rock description Ithaca Peak Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.17247, 35.42501
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Prec Schistosity N30e, Lcret Veins, Fissures, Dikes Nw To Nnw Regionally

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR SHOOTS
    Width 9.14M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Oxidized Zone Carries Much Gold

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINERALIZATION ASSOCIATED WITH PORPHYRY INTRUSION, LCRET

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1902
Year of last production 1970
Production years 1901 - 1948

Mining district

District name Wallapai District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Intermountain Exploration Co.
    First year 1974

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 487.68M
    Overall depth 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • ON BADGER CLAIM: 1025 FT TUNNEL AND 171 FT SHAFT; ON HERCULES CLAIM: SHAFT OF 250 FT, 60 FT TUNNEL, AND 4 SHALLOW SHAFTS

Comments on development

  • 5 PATENTED CLAIMS: WOODCHUCK, BADGER, HERCULES, WATERWITCH, AND MAJESTIC; PREVIOUS OWNERS AND OPERATORS INCLUDE COMSTOCK AND FERGUSON (1903), F.H. KRAFT (1903), CALIFORNIA-NEVADA EXPLORATION CO, HERCULES ARIZONA MINING, C.V. DAVIS, O.N. CRAFTS, F.H. CRAFTS, J. MCDONALD, INTERMOUNTAIN EXPLORATION CO.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER, F.C., 1909 , MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CERBAT RANGE, BLACK MOUNTAINS, AND THE GRAND WASH CLIFFS, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. BULL. 397

  • Deposit

    DINGS, M.G., 1951 , THE WALLAPAI MINING DISTRICT, CERBAT MOUNTAINS, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. BULL. 978-E

  • Deposit

    PRELIMINARY RECONNAISSANCE FOR URANIUM IN MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA, 1952 TO 1956 ; U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION, RME-158 , 1970 , P. 19

  • Deposit

    5) HAURY, P.S., 1947 , EXAMINATION OF ZN - PB MINES IN THE WALLAPAI MINING DISTRICT, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.B.M. R.I. 4101

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    ADMR FILE DATA

  • Production

    U.S.G.S. BULL. 978-E, U.S.B.M. R.I. 4101

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit HERCULES VEIN TRENDS N54W AND DIPS 70 SW AND IS INTERSECTED BY A VEIN TRENDING N80W, DIPPING 80N; THE WORKINGS ON THE HERCULES CLAIM ARE NEAR THE INTERSECTION; BADGER VEIN TRENDS N40W AND DIPS 80 NE; THE "BIG VEIN" TRENDS PARALLEL TO THE BADGER BUT DIPS 80 SW
Deposit ORE WIDTHS NOW EXPOSED ARE TOO NARROW TO BE MINABLE ( 1947 ) ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1978 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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