Badger

Occurrence in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Silver
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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046048
MRDS ID M233958
Record type Site
Current site name Badger

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.83005, 40.57075 (WGS84)
Elevation 2621
Relative position 1/2 MILES WNW OF KILLE SUAFT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Spruce Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wendover(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elko(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Long-Ruby Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

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

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
031N 063E 14 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Secondary
Silver Secondary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.83005, 40.57075

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR TO LENTICULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Dike Contact

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1916

Mining district

District name Spruce Mountain

Comments on the workings information

  • 700-FT. LONG ADIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CONTACT OF DIORITE DIKE & LIMESTONE. A LENS OF COPPERCARBONATE ORE SAID TO CARRY LEAD AND SILVER IS FOUND NEAR THE FACE OF THE ADIT
Deposit THE BADGER MINE IS DEVELOPED BY AN ADIT 100 FT LONG ALONG THE CONTACT OF A DIORITE DIKE AND LIMESTONE AND LIMEYSHALES. A LENS OF SAPPER CARBONATE ORE, SAID TO CARRY LEAD AND SILVER IS FOUND NEAR THE FACE OF THE ADIT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1979 Tingley, J.V. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.