The Victoria No 1 Prospect is a copper and lead mine located in Rich county, Utah at an elevation of 6,558 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,558 Feet (1,999 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Lead
Lat, Long: 41.99028, -111.43750
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Victoria No 1 Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Victoria No 1 Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Lead
Tertiary: Barium-Barite
Location
State: Utah
County: Rich
District: Swan Creek
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Middle Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Bear River Range
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR TO IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Wulfenite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Dolomite
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SE 1/4 SE 1/4 NW 1/4
Comment (Geology): ORE ON BOUNDARY BETWEEN BLOOMINGTON AND BLACKSMITH FM ; GEOL.DESC: ORE PARALLELS THE STRATIFICATION OF THE BEDS
Comment (Workings): THREE SMALL PROSPECT PITS AND ONE ADIT
References
Reference (Deposit): HEYL, A V, 1963, OXIDIZED ZINC DEPOSITS OF THE US: USGS BULL 1135-B.
Reference (Deposit): CHAPPELLE, J C, 1976, MINERALIZATION IN THE BEAR RIVER RANGE, UTAH-IDAHO: UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY M S THESIS.
Reference (Deposit): BUTLER, B S, 1920, ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS PROF PAPER 111.
Reference (Deposit): TRIPP, B T, 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY.
Reference (Deposit): 1963 COMPILE HEYL, A V BULL 1135-
Reference (Production): TRIPP, B T, 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL AND MINERAL SURVEY
Reference (Reserve-Resource): TRIPP, B T, 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL AND MINERAL SURVEY.
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