Badger Creek Mine

Past Producer in Butte county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Copper, Gold, Zinc
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10072001
MRDS ID W015806
MAS/MILS ID 0160230044
Record type Site
Current site name Badger Creek Mine
Alternate or previous names Badger Mine, Diamond Peak, Lucky Seven Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.12758, 44.1068 (WGS84)
Elevation 2438
Relative position 13 MI N OF FALLERT RANCH; 6 MI ESE OF CLYDE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Butte(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Badger Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Borah Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dubois(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Little Lost(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Salmon-Challis 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 Butte

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 009N 028E 16 NESWSE Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Where Badger Creek Emerges From The Mountains

Commodities

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Swauger Formation-Dolomitic Quartzite
    Rock description Swauger Formation-Dolomitic Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.12758, 44.1068

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1885

Mining district

District name Hamilton District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Challis National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Davis, Wilma
    Home office Idaho

Comments on the production information

  • Production Intermittent

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 1200.3M

Comments on the workings information

  • 5 Adits, Numerous Pits

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Ross, C. P., 1961, Geology Of The Southern Part Of The Lemhi Range, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 1081-F, P. 189-260

  • Production

    Ross, C. P., 1961, USGS Bull 1081-F

  • Deposit

    Umpleby, J. B., 1917, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Mackay Region, Id: U.S. Geological Survey Prof. Paper 97, 129 P.

  • Deposit

    Bell, R. N., 1912, Thirteenth Annual Report Of The Mining Industry For Idaho For The Year 1911: Idaho State Inspector Of Mines Report, 135 P.

  • Deposit

    U.S. Bureau Of Mines Open-File Report MLA 11-91, 1991, Appendix B, P. 38-46.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 05-JUN-1992 Kuizon, Lucy U.S. Bureau of Mines
Reporter 30-JAN-1995 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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