The Hercules - Badger Mine is a gold, silver, and lead mine located in Mohave county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,701 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 4,701 Feet (1,433 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 35.425, -114.17167
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Hercules - Badger Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Hercules - Badger Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Zinc
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Arizona
County: Mohave
District: Wallapai District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Intermountain Exploration Co.
Years: 1974 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1902
Year Last Production: 1970
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENTICULAR SHOOTS
Structure
Type: R
Description: Prec Schistosity N30e, Lcret Veins, Fissures, Dikes Nw To Nnw Regionally
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Development): 5 PATENTED CLAIMS: WOODCHUCK, BADGER, HERCULES, WATERWITCH, AND MAJESTIC; PREVIOUS OWNERS AND OPERATORS INCLUDE COMSTOCK AND FERGUSON (1903), F.H. KRAFT (1903), CALIFORNIA-NEVADA EXPLORATION CO, HERCULES ARIZONA MINING, C.V. DAVIS, O.N. CRAFTS, F.H. CRAFTS, J. MCDONALD, INTERMOUNTAIN EXPLORATION CO.
Comment (Deposit): HERCULES VEIN TRENDS N54W AND DIPS 70 SW AND IS INTERSECTED BY A VEIN TRENDING N80W, DIPPING 80N; THE WORKINGS ON THE HERCULES CLAIM ARE NEAR THE INTERSECTION; BADGER VEIN TRENDS N40W AND DIPS 80 NE; THE "BIG VEIN" TRENDS PARALLEL TO THE BADGER BUT DIPS 80 SW
Comment (Geology): MINERALIZATION ASSOCIATED WITH PORPHYRY INTRUSION, LCRET
Comment (Deposit): ORE WIDTHS NOW EXPOSED ARE TOO NARROW TO BE MINABLE ( 1947 ) ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Workings): ON BADGER CLAIM: 1025 FT TUNNEL AND 171 FT SHAFT; ON HERCULES CLAIM: SHAFT OF 250 FT, 60 FT TUNNEL, AND 4 SHALLOW SHAFTS
References
Reference (Deposit): DINGS, M.G., 1951 , THE WALLAPAI MINING DISTRICT, CERBAT MOUNTAINS, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. BULL. 978-E
Reference (Deposit): PRELIMINARY RECONNAISSANCE FOR URANIUM IN MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA, 1952 TO 1956 ; U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION, RME-158 , 1970 , P. 19
Reference (Deposit): 5) HAURY, P.S., 1947 , EXAMINATION OF ZN - PB MINES IN THE WALLAPAI MINING DISTRICT, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.B.M. R.I. 4101
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): ADMR FILE DATA
Reference (Production): U.S.G.S. BULL. 978-E, U.S.B.M. R.I. 4101
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C., 1909 , MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CERBAT RANGE, BLACK MOUNTAINS, AND THE GRAND WASH CLIFFS, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. BULL. 397
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