Badger & Badger Ext. Claim

The Badger & Badger Ext. Claim is a copper mine located in Elko county, Nevada.

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

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Site Name

Primary: Badger & Badger Ext. Claim

Commodity

Primary: Copper

Location

State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Contact (48)

Land Status

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Holdings

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Workings

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Ownership

Owner Name: Grey Copper Corp.

Production

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Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1912
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Snake River Plain

Mineral Deposit Model

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Orebody

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Structure

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Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

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Comments

Comment (Development): PATENTED CLAIM; PART OF GREY COPPER CORP'S UPPER GROUP.

Comment (Deposit): THIS CLAIM IS ONE OF THE GREY COPPER CORP'S. UPPER GROUP, AND IS LOCATED ON SCHRADER'S (1912) CLAIM MAP. NO FURTHER MENTION IS MADE IN THE LITERATURE. MINERAL SURVEY NO 4677 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

References

Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C. (1912) A RECONN. OF THE JARBIDGE, CONTACT, AND ELK MT. MINING DISTRICTS, ELKO CO., NEVADA: USGS BUL. 497

Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C. (1935) THE CONTACT MINING DISTRICT, NEVADA: USGS BUL. 847-A

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.