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Badger Group

Past Producer in Grant county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Arsenic
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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. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033063
MRDS ID M014959
Record type Site
Current site name Badger Group
Related records 10177004

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.78495, 44.71152 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Susanville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bates(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Canyon City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Fork John Day(hydrologic unit)

John Day(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Malheur 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 Oregon Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 010S 033E 07 S Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • S 1/2, ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF ELK CREEK, ABOUT 2 MILES ABOVE ITS JUNCTION WITH THE MIDDLE FORK OF THE JOHN DAY RIVER.

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Ankerite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite

Nearby scientific data

(1) Clastic rocks and andesite flows
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NE
    Dip 60 - 70 S

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Susanville

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Malheur Natioal Forest

Comments on the production information

  • PROBABLY BETWEEN $250,000 AND $500,000 MOSTLY DURING 1899-1905.

Comments on the workings information

  • 900 FT. SHAFT WITH SEVERAL DRIFT LEVELS, RAISES, AND STOPES. A 1600 FT. CROSS-CUT CONNECTS WITH 500 FT. LEVEL OF SHAFT. PROBABLY BETWEEN $250,000 AND $500,000 MOSTLY DURING 1899-1905.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H. C., AND RAMP. L., 1968 , GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON: ODGMI BULL 61 , P. 120 .

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1941 , ODGMI, BULL 14 - B, P. 133 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO VEINS, 6 FT. APART AND VARYING FROM 1 TO 20 FT. THICK

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Lee, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1980 Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

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