Victory Prospect

The Victory Prospect is a manganese mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,600 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

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Site Name

Primary: Victory Prospect
Secondary: Victory Manganese Prospect
Secondary: East Range Prospect
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 2348.

Commodity

Primary: Manganese
Secondary: Tungsten

Location

State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Rose Creek District

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

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1939
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: W skarn

Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: Complex Folding And Faulting

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: ORE ASSAYED 8.4% MN, 0.24% W. SAMPLE 2348, A GRAB SAMPLE OF CHALCEDONIC AND CALCITE VEIN MATTER AND MN OXIDES, CONTAINS 20 % FE, 0.15 % MG, 20- % CA, 0.01 % TI, +5000 PPM MN, 1.5 PPM AG, 2000 PPM AS, 50 PP-M B, +5000 PPM BA, 10 PPM BE, 10 PPM CR, 30 PPM CU, 15 PPM MO,- 5 PPM NI, 50 PPM PB, 300 PPM SB, 30 PPM SN, 1000 PPM SR, 200 -PPM V. 50 PPM W. THE MN OXIDES CONTAIN CHEMICALLY COMBINED W A-ND THE HIGHEST GRADE MATERIAL CONTAINS 18.6 % MN AND 0.88 % WO-3. W CONTENT INCREASES WITH MN CONTENT, BUT THE DEPOSIT HAS NO-T BEEN MINED FOR EITHER METAL BECAUSE THE MATERIAL IS NOT AMEN-ABLE TO CONCENTRATION EXCEPT BY EXPENSIVE CHEMICAL PROCESSES.

Materials

Ore: Psilomelane
Ore: Pyrolusite
Gangue: Calcite

Comments

Comment (Location): NEAR N EDGE OF THE EAST RANGE

Comment (Development): PROPERTY WAS NOT ACTIVE WHEN EXAMINED IS 1984, BUT IT HAD EVIDENCE OF RECENT GEOCHEMICAL SAMPLING.

Comment (Deposit): W-BEARING BLACK MN OXIDES OCCUR WITH BLACK CALCITE IN A CALCITE AND CHALCEDONIC SILICA VEIN WHICH MAY BE UP TO 15--20 M WIDE. THIS N-S TRENDING ZONE BOUNDS THE RANGEFRONT OUTCRO-PS AND IS PROBABLY A HIGH-ANGLE NORMAL FAULT ZONE WHERE REPEAT-ED OPENING UNDER EXTENSION WOULD ALLOW SUCH A WIDE FISSURE VEI-N. (SOME WHITE CALCITE BANDS WITHIN THE BLACK CALCITE, HOWEVER-, SUGGEST A 45 E DIP WHICH NOT BE A NORMAL FAULT)

Comment (Workings): SHORT ADIT, SHALLOW SHAFT, AND SEVERAL PROSPECT PITS

Comment (Geology): MNMINERALS INTIMATELY ASSOCIATED WITH CALCITE, AND W THOUGHT TO BE CHEMICALLY COMBINED WITH THE MN OXIDES, MAKING RECOVERY OF BOTH METALS DIFFICULT. PROSPECT EXPLORES A CALCITE VEIN CONTAINING NARROW BANDS OF SLATE, SHALE, AND LIMESTONE IMPREGNATED WITH THE MN OXIDES. THE COMPOSITE VEIN CONSISTS OF BANDS OF GRAY TO PINKISH CHALCEDONY, BLACK (WITH A FEW WHITE BANDS) CALCITE, AND -ALTERED FAULT BRECCIA FRAGMENTS OF ARGILLITE. THE ARGILLITE FR-AGMENTS ARE SILICIFIED AND/OR KAOLINIZED. NUMEROUS QUARTZ-AFTE-R LAMELLAR-CALCITE AND SIMILAR REPLACEMENT TEXTURES IN THE CHA-LCEDONY SUGGEST SILICA REPLACEMENT OF CALCITE WITHIN THE VEIN.- CRUSTIFORM TEXTURES IN THE CHALCEDONIC MATTER ARE RARE. CRYST-ALS OF BLACK CALCITE UP TO SEVERAL CM IN DIAMETER OCCUR IN A M-ATRIX OF FINER CALCITE AND WHITE CHALCEDONY. THE HIGH-ANGLE (N-EAR-VERTICAL) NATURE OF THE CALCITE VEIN ZONE CAN BE SEEN JUST- N OF THE ROAD TO THE RADIO FACILITY, 0.5 KM N OF THE SAMPLED -LOCALITY.

References

Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 89

Reference (Deposit): IVERSON & HOLMES, 1954, CONCENTRATION OF OXIDE & SILICATE MN ORES FROM THE VICINITY OF WINNEMUCCA, PERSHING CO., NEVADA; USBM REPT INV. 5022.

Reference (Deposit): GARSIDE, L. J., 28 SEP 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

Reference (Deposit): NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3

Reference (Deposit): STAGER, H. K., IN PREPARATION, NBMG BULL ON TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF NEVADA.

Nevada Gold

Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.