The Badger Mine is a tungsten mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Badger Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Badger Mine
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Ten Mile Mining 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
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
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): EXACT LOCATION UNCERTAIN, BUT PRESUMED TO BE IN THE KRUM HILLS ABOUT 10 MILES NW OF WINNEMUCCA. . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Commodity): TUNGSTEN CONTENT OF THE ORE PRODUCED AVERAGED ABOUT 1.0 % WO3.
Comment (Development): ABOUT 100 TONS OF ORE WAS PRODUCED BY THE BADGER TUNGSTEN MINES DURING THE PERIOD 1954-1955, YIELDING 51 UNITS WO3.
Comment (Deposit): A SMALL GRANODIORITE BODY INTRUDES TRIASSIC SEDIMENTS IN THE NW PART OF THE KRUM HILLS. THE QUARTZ VEINS THAT LOCALLY CONTAIN SULFIDES, CUT THE SEDIMENTARY ROCKS IN THE MINE AREA.
References
Reference (Deposit): WILLDEN, R., 1964, NBMG BULL 59, PL. I.
Reference (Deposit): STAGER, H. K. AND TINGLEY, J. V., IN PREPARATION, NBMG BULL ON TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF NEVADA.
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.
