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Badger

Past Producer in Lander county in Nevada, United States with commodity Gemstone
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Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044857
MRDS ID M232475
Record type Site
Current site name Badger

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.69176, 40.35019 (WGS84)
Relative position THREE MILES NORTHWEST OF TENABO
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Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lander

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 029N 047E 29 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gemstone Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Turquoise Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification Of Host Rocks Outward From Fault

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Slaven Formation
    Rock description Slaven Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.69176, 40.35019
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Geologic structures

Type Description Terms
Regional Deposit In Upper Plate Of Roberts Mtn Thrust In A Zone Of Inbricate Thrust Sheet. The Mine Is Just Below The Lander Thrust Plate
Local Imbricate Thrust Slices And High Angle Basin Range Faults

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Turquoise Was Deposited Along Hydrothermal Channelways Such As Faults, Fractures, Bedding Planes.

Comments on the geologic information

  • TURQUOISE OCCURS IN THINLY BEDDED, SILICIFIED AND FE-STAINED SHALE THAT STRIKES N70 E AND DIPS 20 NW. THE SHALE IS OVERLAIN BY QUARTZITE. A FAULT WHICH EXPOSES SHALE BELOW THE QUARTZITE CONTAINS TURQUOISE CEMENTING THE NARROW BRECCIA ZONE.

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Discovery year 1938
Discovery method Ore-Mineral In Place

Mining district

District name Bullion

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Edgar, W. L.
    First year 1949
  • Type Owner
    Owner Edgar, W. L.
    First year 1949

Comments on development

  • DISCOVERED IN 1938 ON LAND ORIGINALLY OWNED BY SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD BUT NOT DEVELOPED UNTIL 1949 WHEN W.L. EDGAR BOUGHT THE LAND.

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS M232475

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STAGER, H.K. (1977) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF LANDER CO., N.B.M. BULL 88

  • Deposit

    USBM (WINNEMUCCA) MILS NO. 87, RETERENCE NO. 3201500376

  • Deposit

    MORRISSEY F.R. (1968) TURQUOISE DEPOSITS OF NEVADA, N.B.M. REPT. 17.

  • Deposit

    WRUCKE C.T. (1974) GEOLGOIC MAP OF THE TENABO AREA LANDER CO. NEV., USGS MAP MF 647

  • Production

    MORRISSEY, 1968, TURQUOISE DEPOSITS OF NEVADA.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FAULT ZONE; TURQUOISE OCCURS CEMENTING-FRAGMENTS IN A NARROW BRECCIA ZONE.
Deposit THE MINE WAS DISCOVERED IN 1938 ON LAND ORIGINALLY OWNED BY SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD, IT WAS NOT DEVELOPED TILL 1949 WHEN W.L. EDGAR BOUGHT THE LAND.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1980 Kirkham, Richard A. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology