Mine detail: Badger Mine

Previously called 'Wild Rose Claim No. 1'

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Location: Pershing County, Nevada, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.32823, -117.52623
dep_id: 10040581
mrds_id: M055407
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Mercury, Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Cinnabar
gangue: Pyrite, Quartz
orebody_fm: TABULAR
model: 177: Hot-spring Hg
Reporter: Gassaway, Judith S., La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.), Royse, Sue E., Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.)
hrock_unit: Havallah
hrock_type: Quartzite
References:
  • Deposit:: JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 89
  • Deposit:: TINGLEY, J. V., 1984 FIELD EXAMINATION OF DISTRICT.
  • Deposit:: NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3
  • Deposit:: BAILEY, E. H., RYTUBA, J. J. AND JONES, R.B., 1984, UNPUBLISHED DATA ON HG DEPOSITS OF NEVADA.
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