The Badger Mine is a silver mine located in Mineral county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,601 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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: 6,601 Feet (2,012 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 38.27861, -118.36667
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Badger Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Badger Mine
Secondary: Woodchuck? Nbmg # 3579
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Tertiary: Manganese
Tertiary: Barium-Barite
Location
State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Marietta
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: American Gold
Home Office: Beatty, Nv.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Dolomite Calcite Vein In Quartzite
Rocks
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Sphalerite
Gangue: Chalcopyrite
Comments
Comment (Geology): ONE THREE HUNDRED FOOT ADIT AND NUMEROUS PITS
Comment (Deposit): RECENT ROAD BUILDING AND DOZING ABOVE THE OLD WORKINGS
Comment (Development): UNKNOWN,BUT THOUGHT TO BE FROM THE 1870'S ERA. ; ECON.COM: TOTAL PRODUCTION ESTIMATED BY ROSS TO BE $75,000
Comment (Workings): 300 FT ADIT AND NUMEROUS PITS
Comment (Location): GROUP OF ADITS AND PROSPECTS .2 MI. SE OF BIRDSONG MINE
Comment (Production): TOTAL PRODUCTION EST BY ROSS AT $75,000
References
Reference (Deposit): TELLURIDE CLAIMS, SANTE FE MINING DISTRICT,MINERAL COUNTY, QUADE SITE VISIT 4-19-89,NBMG UNPUBLISHED MINING DISTRICT FILES (TINGLEY FILES)
Reference (Deposit): HILL, J. M., 1915 , SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN NE CALIF. AND NW NEV., USGS BULL 594
Reference (Deposit): ROSS, D.L., 1961 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL CO., NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL 58
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
