Mine detail: Badger Mine

Previously called 'Woodchuck? Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.27715, -118.48317

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Lead
Tertiary:	Copper
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form:	LINEAR
Discovery year:	1862

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Dunlap
Host type:	Quartzite
Associated type:	Granite
Structure:	Strong Folding With Local Overturning; Tert And Quat Faulting
Tectonic:	Basin And Range
Alteration processes:	Oxidation

References

MRDS	M233010
DEP	10045309
Reference	{Deposit:: ROSS, D.C., 19618 GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 58.}{Deposit:: HILL, J.M., 1915, SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN NORTHEASTERN CALIFORNIA CALIFORNIA AND NORTHWESTERN NEVADA: USGS BULL. 594.}{Production:: ROSS, D.C., 19618 TABLE 6.7.}
Reporter	Tingley, J.V.