The Grand Victory is a gold mine located in El Dorado county, California at an elevation of 2,201 feet.
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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
Elevation: 2,201 Feet (671 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 38.67472, -120.75972
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Grand Victory MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Grand Victory
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Antimony
Location
State: California
County: El Dorado
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Acid Dikes Parallel To Ore Bodies And Diorite Dikes Strike N 58 E, N 51 E, S 77 E Batholith Affects County Rocks At Depth.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: IN 1885 ORE AVERAGED $2 PER TON AU
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Geology): COUNTRY ROCKS INCLUDE SILICIFIED SCHIST SLATE, QUARTZITE AND LIMESTONE OF CALAVERAS GROUP LIMESTONE BODIES STRIKE N 70 E AT DEPTH AND ARE 12 - 33 FT THICK. MINE WITHIN 1/2 MI OF SURFACE EXPOSURE OF GRANODIORITE BATHOLITH.
Comment (Commodity): MUCH OF EARLIER ORE MINED WAS FROM WEATHERED MATERIAL
Comment (Location): UTM ACC NE 1/4 OF SE 1/4 SEC 33 INTO 34
Comment (Production): ALL GOLD UP TO 1883 REMOVED FROM OPEN CUTS, FIRST WORKED 1857 - 1901 , 1933 - 1935
Comment (Deposit): VEIN, STRIKE OF ORE BODIES VARIES FROM NW TO NE AND MAY CUT SCHISTOSITY OF ENCLOSING ROCKS
Comment (Workings): DEVELOPED BY 500 FT DRIFT ADIT AND OPEN CUTS. 400 FT INTO ADIT PARTAL IS WINZE WITH LEVELS AT 100 , 200 AND 300 FT SEVERAL THOUSAND FEET OF DRIFTS AND CROSSCUTS.
References
Reference (Deposit): CLARK, W. B., AND CARLSON, D. W., 1956 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF EL DORADO CO., CALIF.: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., VOL 52 , NO. 4 , PG. 414 - 415 , 505 AND PL 10 .
Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C. A., 1938 , MIN. RESOURCES OF EL DORADO CO.: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., VOL. 34 , NO. 3 , PG. 231 - 232 , 262 AND PL II.
Reference (Production): LOGAN ( 1938 )
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