The Badger Group is a gold and silver mine located in Grant county, Oregon.
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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
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Badger Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Badger Group
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Arsenic
Location
State: Oregon
County: Grant
District: Susanville
Land Status
Administrative Organization: Malheur Natioal Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Blue Mountain Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Ankerite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): S 1/2, ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF ELK CREEK, ABOUT 2 MILES ABOVE ITS JUNCTION WITH THE MIDDLE FORK OF THE JOHN DAY RIVER.
Comment (Production): PROBABLY BETWEEN $250,000 AND $500,000 MOSTLY DURING 1899-1905.
Comment (Deposit): TWO VEINS, 6 FT. APART AND VARYING FROM 1 TO 20 FT. THICK
Comment (Workings): 900 FT. SHAFT WITH SEVERAL DRIFT LEVELS, RAISES, AND STOPES. A 1600 FT. CROSS-CUT CONNECTS WITH 500 FT. LEVEL OF SHAFT. PROBABLY BETWEEN $250,000 AND $500,000 MOSTLY DURING 1899-1905.
References
Reference (Deposit): OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1941 , ODGMI, BULL 14 - B, P. 133 .
Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H. C., AND RAMP. L., 1968 , GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON: ODGMI BULL 61 , P. 120 .
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