The Victory Mine is a silver and gold mine located in Lewis and Clark county, Montana at an elevation of 6,001 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,001 Feet (1,829 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 46.7075, -112.50556
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Victory Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Victory Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Montana
County: Lewis and Clark
District: Ophir District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Jack Rowand
Home Office: Helena, Mt.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1900
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: VERTICAL PIPE
Structure
Type: R
Description: Boulder Batholith
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: $40/TON AU AG
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Workings): SHAFT, ADIT, WINZE. FLOODED IN 1912
Comment (Location): 4.0 KM NE OF BLACKFOOT CITY. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1958)
Comment (Deposit): PIPE IS 2-12 FT. IN DIAMETER
Comment (Production): $40000 BETWEEN 1900 AND 1912, $40-100/TON AU, AG
Comment (Deposit): ORE MILLED AT MINE SITE WITH LATER CYANIDING OF TAILINGS FOR GOLD RECOVERY ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 842, P. 32
Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 98, P. 25, 26.
Principal Gold Districts of Montana
In Montana, 54 mining districts have each have produced more than 10,000 ounces of gold. The largest producers are Butte, Helena, Marysville, and Virginia City, each having produced more than one million ounces. Twenty seven other districts are each credited with between 100,000 and one million ounces of gold production. Read more: Principal Gold Districts of Montana.
