Badger Mine

The Badger Mine is a mercury and gold mine located in Pershing 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

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Site Name

Primary: Badger Mine
Secondary: Wild Rose Claim No. 1

Commodity

Primary: Mercury
Primary: Gold

Location

State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Mount Tobin 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

Owner Name: B. A. Schofield
Years: 1979 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

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

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Hot-spring Hg

Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Location): NEAR CANYON FLOOR IN UPPER PART OF THE NORTH FORK OF GOLCONDA CANYON ABOUT 0.5 MILE EAST OF MT TOBIN MINE; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = MOUNT TOBIN (1961) 1:625000

Comment (Deposit): ADITS EXPLORE AREAS OF CONCENTRATION OF NARROW WHITE QUARTZ VEINS THAT LOCALLY CONTAIN 0.25 MM CRYSTALS OF PYRITE.- ALTHOUGH THE PROSPECT IS LISTED AS A MERCURY CLAIM BY JOHNSON- (1977), PANNING OF A LARGE SAMPLE TAKEN FROM VARIOUS PLACES -IN BOTH DUMPS YIELDED ABUNDANT PYRITE BUT NO CINNABAR. PERHAPS- THE MAIN METAL BEING SOUGHT HERE WAS GOLD RATHER THAN MERCURY

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS (NEARLY CAVED IN 1980) CONSIST OF 2 ADITS DRIVEN N INTO QUARTZITE FOR OVER 100 ? FT JUDGING BY SIZE OF DU-MPS

References

Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 89

Reference (Deposit): TINGLEY, J. V., 1984 FIELD EXAMINATION OF DISTRICT.

Reference (Deposit): NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3

Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E. H., RYTUBA, J. J. AND JONES, R.B., 1984, UNPUBLISHED DATA ON HG 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.