The Grand Victory is a gold mine located in El Dorado county, California.
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Grand Victory MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Grand Victory
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: El Dorado
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Provident Minerals Corp.
Home Office: C/O Floyd Singleton
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1857
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Production): FIRST WORKED IN 1857. IN 1879 ORE WAS TREATED IN A 5-STAMP MILL. BY 1888 EXTENSIVE OPEN CUTS AND UNDERGROUND WORKINGS HAD BEEN DEVELOPED AND A 40-STAMP MILL WAS ACTIVE. CYANIDATION PLANT INSTALLED IN 1894 AND OPERATED UNTIL 1901 WHEN MINE SHUT DOWN. CONSIDERABLE PROSPECTING AND DEVELOPMENT DONE IN 1930'S.
Comment (Workings): A 500-FT. DRIFT ADIT, OPEN CUTS AS WIDE AS 135 FT.. ABOUT 450 FT. FROM ADIT PORTAL IS A WINZE WITH 3 LEVELS; SEVERAL THOUSAND FEET OF DRIFTS AND CROSSCUTS.
Comment (Deposit): COUNTRY ROCK IS SILICIFIED SCHIST, SLATE, AND QUARTZITE AND LIMESTONE OF THE CALAVERAS GROUP. HOLDINGS OF 72 ACRES. GOLD QUARTZ VEIN ON FOLIO 3 SEEMS TO BE IN SECS. 33, 34. LISTED BUT NOT PLOTTED ON MAP, PL. 2, DOM BULL. 108
References
Reference (Deposit): FOLIO 3
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 52, NO. 4, PP. 415, 505, AND PL. 10; V. 34, NO. 3, P. 262, PL. II
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