Badger Mine

Past Producer in Adams county in Idaho, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold
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. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070208
MRDS ID W012957
MAS/MILS ID 0160030026
Record type Site
Current site name Badger Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.6785, 45.10767 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Relative position 1 1/2 MI. N. E. OF CUPRUM

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Adams(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cuprum(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Riggins(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Grangeville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Brownlee Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Powder(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Payette 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 Adams

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 021N 003W 34,35 Idaho
Boise 020N 003W 02,03 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • E. Slope Of Horse Mtn.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification, Epidotization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Seven Devils Volcanics-Andesite
    Rock description Seven Devils Volcanics-Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.6785, 45.10767

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PINCHES, IRREGULAR
    Strike N 15 DEG E
    Dip 80 DEG E
    Width 0.3M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faults, Fractures, Hanging Wall, Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • Ore Occurs Mostly In Hanging Wall

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Seven Devils District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Payette National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 112.78M

Comments on the workings information

  • Number Of Tunnels And Pits And Surface Trenches

Comments on development

  • 11 Unpatented Claims

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Livingston, D. C., And Laney, F. B., 1920, The Copper Deposits Of The Seven Devils And Adjacent Districts: Id. Bureau Of Mines And Geology Bulletin 1, P. 28 - 31

  • Deposit

    1920 Compile Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geol., Bulletin 1

  • Production

    Livingston, D. C., And Laney, F. B., 1920, Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Bulletin 1, 105 P.

  • Deposit

    V.E. Mitchell, Et. Al; Mines And Prospects Map Series, 1981, No. 178.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1975 Murphy, Lyn S.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 12-MAY-1995 Winters, Dick U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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