Mine detail: Badger Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

45.10767, -116.6785

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Tertiary:	Silver, Gold
Ore:	Bornite, Chalcocite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue:	Quartz
Orebody form:	PINCHES, IRREGULAR

Production

Operation type:	Surface-Underground
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host type:	Andesite
Associated rock:	Seven Devils Volcanics-Andesite
Associated type:	Andesite
Tectonic:	Island Arc Volcanic Chain
Alteration processes:	Silicification, Epidotization

References

MRDS	W012957
MAS	160030026
DEP	10070208
Reference	{Deposit:: Livingston, D. C., And Laney, F. B., 1920, The Copper Deposits Of The Seven Devils And Adjacent Districts: Id. Bureau Of Mines And Geology Bulletin 1, P. 28 - 31}{Deposit:: 1920 Compile Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geol., Bulletin 1}{Deposit:: V.E. Mitchell, Et. Al; Mines And Prospects Map Series, 1981, No. 178.}{Production:: Livingston, D. C., And Laney, F. B., 1920, Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Bulletin 1, 105 P.}
Reporter	Murphy, Lyn S.; Miller, Pat, Winters, Dick