The Victor is a gold mine located in San Bernardino county, California at an elevation of 3,350 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: 3,350 Feet (1,021 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 35.30528, -116.92583
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Victor MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Victor
Secondary: Big Four
Secondary: Red Bridge
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: California
County: San Bernardino
District: Goldstone
Land Status
Land ownership: Military Reservation
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
Not available
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: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: VEIN QUARTZ AND STRINGERS MINED REPORTED TO CARRY FROM $20 TO $200/TON IN GOLD
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): 10 CLAIMS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Deposit): SEAMS MINERALIZED ZONE ABOUT 1200 FT. THICK, 0.5 MI. LONG
Comment (Workings): 5 SHAFTS, 50 FT. TO 125 FT. DEEP, OPEN CUT 50 FT. IN LENGTH AND 20 FT. WIDE. NUMBER OF TRENCHES.
Comment (Geology): SEDIMENTARY ROCKS ARE CUT BY DIORITE DIKES, ROUGHLY PARALLEL, STRIKING NW
Comment (Location): UTM ACC. E 1/2 22, W 1/2 18
Comment (Production): A SMALL AMOUNT OF HIGH-GRADE ORE PRODUCED IN 1916 RAN $200/TON.
References
Reference (Deposit): WRIGHT, L.A., AND OTHERS, 1953, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, TABULATED LIST: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 49, NOS. 1 & 2, P.61
Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W.B. AND SAMPSON, R.J., 1943, GOLD-SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 39, P. 441
Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W.B., AND SAMPSON, R.J., 1931, GOLD-SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIF.: CALIF. JOUR. MINES, AND GEOLOGY, V. 27, P. 310
Reference (Production): WRIGHT (1953) TUCKER & SAMPSON (1931)
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