Badger Mine

Site Name

Primary: Badger Mine
Secondary: Elm Orlu
Secondary: Badger State
Secondary: Black Rock
Secondary: Boston and Montana

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Commodity

Primary: Zinc
Primary: Lead
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver

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Location

State: Montana
County: Silver Bow
District: Butte District

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Land Status

Land ownership: Private
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.

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Holdings

Type: Patented

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Workings

Type: Underground

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Ownership

Owner Name: The Anaconda Copper Co.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: New York
Info Year: 1981

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Production

Not available

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Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N

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Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains

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Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

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Orebody

Not available

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Structure

Not available

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Alterations

Not available

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Rocks

Not available

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Analytical Data

Not available

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Materials

Unknown: Sphalerite
Unknown: Silver
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Galena
Unknown: Chalcopyrite
Unknown: Argentite

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Comments

Comment (Deposit): THE ANACONDA COMPANY HAS NO PRESENT PLANS TO RESUME ZINC MINING BUT THE SYNDICATE VEIN RESOURCES AND THE NEAR SURFACE RESOURCES AROUND THE ALICE PIT ARE BEING REEVALUATED BECAUSE OF RECENT SILVER AND ZINC PRICE INCREASES. THIS EVALUATION INCLUDES FIVE BUTTE ZINC MINES WHICH HAVE THE LARGEST POTENTIALLY MINEABLE REMAINING RESOURCES. THE EVALUATION INCLUDES THE ALICE ANSELMO BADGER, LEXINGTON, AND MOUNTAIN CON. MINES. 1985 UPDATE. NO ACTIVITY AT MINE SINCE 1981. NARROW VEIN WIDTHS AND LENGTHS ARE AVERAGES OF FIVE SEPARATE BLOCKS

Comment (Economic Factors): THE PRODUCTION ZINC-LEAD RATIO OF 5.75 TO 1 (MILLER,1973).

Comment (Workings): SUBSIDENCE ABOVE THE BLOCK CAVE AND SUBLEVEL CAVE RESOURCES WOULD BE THE MOST SERIOUS ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERN.

Comment (Production): PRODUCTS LISTED ARE FOR THE OVERALL OPERATION AND NOT JUST THE BADGER MINE.

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References

Reference (Deposit): DEPOSIT EVALUATION REPORT.

Reference (Deposit): MONTANA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES MINERALS AVAILABILITY

Reference (Deposit): WETZEL, N., 1979, MANGANESE RESOURCES OF THE BUTTE DISTRICT,

Reference (Deposit): DISTRICT, MONTANA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PROF. PAPER 74,

Reference (Deposit): WEED, W. H., 1914, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE BUTTE

Reference (Deposit): CONTRACT NO. J0255026, P. 374.

Reference (Deposit): THOMPSON, B., 1981, SENIOR GEOLOGIST FOR THE ANACONDA

Reference (Deposit): ESTIMATING SYSTEM HANDBOOK: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES,

Reference (Deposit): STRAAM ENGINEERS, INC., 1979, CAPITAL AND OPERATING COST

Reference (Deposit): INC., NEW YORK, NEW YORK, 218 PP.

Reference (Deposit): STOUT, K., 1980, MINING METHODS AND EQUIPMENT: MCGRAW-HILL,

Reference (Deposit): PP. 465-484.

Reference (Deposit): FORMATION, BUTTE, MONTANA: ECON. GEOL., V. 44, NO. 6,

Reference (Deposit): SALES, R. H., AND MEYER, C., 1944, PRELIMINARY STUDY OF VEIN

Reference (Deposit): AIME, V. 46, PP. 1-94.

Reference (Deposit): SALES, R. H., 1914, ORE DEPOSITS AT BUTTE, MONTANA: TRANS.

Reference (Deposit): OF ECON. GEOL., AUGUST 18-21, 1973, PP. G-2.

Reference (Deposit): MONTANA: IN GUIDEBOOK FOR THE BUTTE FIELD MEETING OF SOC.

Reference (Deposit): PROFFETT, J. M. JR., 1973, STRUCTURE OF THE BUTTE DISTRICT,

Reference (Deposit): 262 PP.

Reference (Deposit): ANACONDA COMPANY: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES IC 7758, 102 PP.

Reference (Deposit): POPOFF, C.C., 1955, BLOCK CAVING AT KELLEY MINE, THE

Reference (Deposit): MECHANICAL RAISE BORING: V. 33, NO. 3, PP. 273-276.

Reference (Deposit): NORMAN, N. E., AND DYE, J. H., 1981, THE ECONOMICS OF

Reference (Deposit): PP. 119-123.

Reference (Deposit): V. 54, NO. 9, PP. 33-37.

Reference (Deposit): MINING IN BUTTE: MINING CONGRESS JOURNAL, V. 48, NO. 4,

Reference (Deposit): HANNIFAN, M. K., 1972, MERITS OF OPEN PIT VS. UNDERGROUND

Reference (Deposit): (W.F.O.C.)

Reference (Deposit): GALE, G., 1981, METALLURGIST WITH THE U.S. BUREAU OF MINES

Reference (Deposit): ADMINISTRATION, PRIVATE REPORT, PP. 406-429.

Reference (Deposit): GAGE, H. L., THE BUTTE DISTRICT: BONNEVILLE POWER

Reference (Deposit): VO. 156, NO. 8, PP. 86-89.

Reference (Deposit): -----1981, RAISE DRILLING: V. 182, NO. 2, PP. 96-103.

Reference (Deposit): MINING TECHNIQUES AS BUTTE OUTPUT AND RESERVES CLIMB:

Reference (Deposit): 109 PP.

Reference (Deposit): ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 1955, ANACONDA CHANGES

Reference (Deposit): IN A BLOCK CAVING MINE: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES IC 8673,

Reference (Deposit): CHAP. 65, PP. 1373-1416.

Reference (Deposit): EILERTSEN, N., 1975, ESTIMATING DIRECT COSTS OF DEVELOPMENT

Reference (Deposit): IN ORE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES, 1933-1967, V. II,

Reference (Deposit): ANACONDA COMPANY, 1968, ORE DEPOSITS AT BUTTE, MONTANA:

Reference (Deposit): MEYER, C., SHEA, E. P., GODDARD, C. C. JR., AND STAFF, THE

Reference (Deposit): MINING AND CONTRACTING REVIEW, V. 59, NO. 4, P. 8.

Reference (Deposit): LINFORTH, F. A., 1952, ZINC RESOURCES BUTTE AND MONTANA:

Reference (Deposit): GEOLOGIST FOR MOLYCORP. INC., PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS.

Reference (Deposit): LEONARDSON, B., AND MC ALEER, J., 1981, EXPLORATION

Reference (Deposit): COMPANY, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION.

Reference (Deposit): KNOWLSON, J., 1981, PLANNING ENGINEER FOR THE ANACONDA

Reference (Deposit): CORPORATION.

Reference (Deposit): STUDY: PRIVATE REPORT PREPARED FOR KENNECOTT COPPER

Reference (Deposit): KAISER ENGINEERS, 1967, GLACIER PEAK PRELIMINARY FEASIBILITY

Reference (Deposit): VERBAL COMMUNICATION

Reference (Deposit): GEOLOGIST OF ANACONDAS BUTTE OPERATIONS: WRITTEN AND

Reference (Deposit): INDIAN LAND EVALUATIONS (W.F.O.C.), AND FORMER CHIEF

Reference (Deposit): INGERSOLL, R., 1981, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES SUPERVISOR OF

Reference (Deposit): DISTRICT AND GEOLOGICAL FUNCTION, PAST AND PRESENT: IN

Reference (Deposit): MILLER, R. M., 1973, PRODUCTION HISTORY OF THE BUTTE

Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 82 1970 P20.

Reference (Deposit): DOUBLED HER OUTPUT; NO. 4, PP. 9-13.

Reference (Deposit): GEOL., AUGUST 18-21, 1973, PP. F4-F10.

Reference (Deposit): GUIDEBOOK FOR THE BUTTE FIELD MEETING OF SOC. OF ECON.

Reference (Deposit): 4,100 FT HEAD PUMPING PLANT: MINING CONGRESS JOURNAL,

Reference (Deposit): CORBETT, R.P., AND RALHP, F.E., 1968, DEWATERING WITH A

Reference (Deposit): BRIMHALL, G., 1975, PRIVATE ANACONDA COPPER COMPANY REPORT.

Reference (Deposit): BUTTE: TRANS. AIME, V. 163, PP. 262-273.

Reference (Deposit): BISHOP, L.F., 1945, VERTICAL SLICE AND SLOT STOPING AT

Reference (Deposit): WORLD MINING, ANACONDA'S EMMA - MODERN METHODS AND MACHINERY

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Principal Gold Districts of Montana

In Montana, 54 mining districts have each have produced more than 10,000 ounces of gold. The largest producers are Butte, Helena, Marysville, and Virginia City, each having produced more than one million ounces. Twenty seven other districts are each credited with between 100,000 and one million ounces of gold production. Read more: Principal Gold Districts of Montana.