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Badger

Past Producer in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  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 10104038
MRDS ID M233898
Record type Site
Current site name Badger

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.0778, 40.98798 (WGS84)
Elevation 1841
Relative position SE FLANK OF PILOT RANGE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Miners Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wendover(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elko(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Northern Great Salt Lake Desert(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(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
036N 070E 20 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • N OF THE CRAZY DUTCHMAN

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.0778, 40.98798
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description N, And E Striking Faults

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1936

Mining district

District name Pilot Peak

Comments on the production information

  • A LITTLE GOLD-SILVER ORE WAS SHIPPED IN 1936 AND IN 1938.

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT AND OTHER WORKINGS

Comments on development

  • A LITTLE GOLD-SILVER ORE WAS SHIPPED IN 1936 AND IN 1938

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN
Deposit THE BADGER PROPERTY IS LOCATED ON THE SE SLOPE OF THE PILOT RANGE, IN E-DIPPING LIMESTONES OF CAMBRIAN THROUGH PENNSYLVANIAN AGE. A LITTLE GOLD-SILVER ORE WAS SHIPPED FROM THIS PROPERTY DURING 1936 AND 1938. A SHAFT AND OTHER WORKINGS DEVELOP THE PROPERTY IN THE MINER'S CANYON AREA. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

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