The Badger Creek Mine is a lead mine located in Butte county, Idaho at an elevation of 7,999 feet.
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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
Elevation: 7,999 Feet (2,438 Meters)
Commodity: Lead
Lat, Long: 44.1069, -113.12670
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Badger Creek Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Badger Creek Mine
Secondary: Badger Mine
Secondary: Diamond Peak
Secondary: Lucky Seven Claim
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Idaho
County: Butte
District: Hamilton District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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.
Administrative Organization: Challis National Forest
Holdings
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Davis, Wilma
Home Office: Idaho
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Underground
Discovery Year: 1885
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Lemhi Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): Where Badger Creek Emerges From The Mountains
Comment (Production): Production Intermittent
Comment (Workings): 5 Adits, Numerous Pits
References
Reference (Deposit): Ross, C. P., 1961, Geology Of The Southern Part Of The Lemhi Range, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 1081-F, P. 189-260
Reference (Production): Ross, C. P., 1961, USGS Bull 1081-F
Reference (Deposit): Umpleby, J. B., 1917, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Mackay Region, Id: U.S. Geological Survey Prof. Paper 97, 129 P.
Reference (Deposit): Bell, R. N., 1912, Thirteenth Annual Report Of The Mining Industry For Idaho For The Year 1911: Idaho State Inspector Of Mines Report, 135 P.
Reference (Deposit): U.S. Bureau Of Mines Open-File Report MLA 11-91, 1991, Appendix B, P. 38-46.
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