The Badger is a gold mine located in Mariposa county, California.
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Badger MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Badger
Secondary: Prescott
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: California
County: Mariposa
District: Hornitos
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Mrs. Charles B. Cavagnaro
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1855
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: California Trough
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: PINCH & SWELL
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Slate
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): SE 1/4 ?, UTM EST.
Comment (Production): IS REPORTED TO HAVE YIELDED $80,000 FROM SURFACE WORKINGS IN EARLY DAYS OF ITS HISTORY; MOST OF LATER ACTIVITY HAS NOT BEEN RECORDED. LAST WORK DONE IN 1934 AND A SMALL PRODUCTION WAS RECORDED AT THAT TIME. WORKINGS BELOW LOWER ADIT LEVELS FLOODED IN JAN., 1956. COMPRISES THE PRESCOTT LODE CLAIM & MILL SITE.
Comment (Deposit): VEIN
Comment (Workings): NEAR END OF MAIN WORKINGS IS A CUTTER VEIN 1 - 3 FT. WIDE. BADGER MINE IS PRIMARILY SURFACE WORKINGS. PRESCOTT VEIN IS DEVELOPED WITH SEVERAL ADITS EXTENSIVE DRIFTS AND STOPES. THE HILLSIDE IS COVERED WITH PITS.
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1850'S
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: RATHER SINUOUS VEIN 1 - 3 FT. WIDE. PROBABLY SEVERAL OTHER PARALLEL STRINGERS OR SMALL BLANKET VEINS. CUTTER VEIN 1 - 3 FT. WIDE. VUGS IN QUARTZ ARE CRYSTAL LINED. SLATE IS MASSIVE, BLUE-BLACK, SPOTTED; GREENSTONE IS SCHISTOSE; ALSO BLACK HORN BLEND SCHIST AND HORNFELSIC SLATE.
Comment (Deposit): THE PRESCOTT VEIN IS OF A SIMILAR CHARACTER. IT ISN'T KNOWN IF THE CUTTER VEIN WORKINGS ARE PART OF THE BADGER, OR NOT.
References
Reference (Deposit): CLARK, W. B., 1970 , GOLD DISTRICTS OF CALIF.: CDM BULL. 193 , P. 66 .
Reference (Deposit): BOWEN, O. E., JR., & GRAY, H., JR., 1957 , MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MARIPOSA COUNTY, CALIF.: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL., VOL. 53 , NOS. 1 & 2 , P. 76 - 77 , 237 .
Reference (Deposit): LAIZURE, C. MCK., 1928 , S. F. FIELD DIV. - MARIPOSA COUNTY: 24TH REPORT STATE MINERALOGIST, VOL. 24 , NO. 2 , P. 80 .
Reference (Production): BOWEN & GRAY, 1957
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