The Victorine Gold Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Lander county, Nevada.
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Victorine Gold Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Victorine Gold Mine
Secondary: Victorine Gold Project
Secondary: Phoenician
Secondary: Kingston Mine
Secondary: Klondike Mine
Secondary: Sumich Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lander
District: Kingston 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
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Crested Butte Silver Mining Co , John L. Larsen, President
Home Office: P. O. Box 186, Austin, Nv 89310.
Years: 1983 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: 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: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Early Cambrian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 1983 ASSAY DATA FROM FACE SAMPLES IN UNDERGROUND WORKINGS AVERAGED 7 FT OF 0.798 OZ AU/T AND 0.02 OZ AG/T, BUT SAMPLES VARIED IN GRADE UP TO 4.22 OZ AU/T, AND 0.52 OZ AG/T AND SOME EVEN HIGHER GRADE MATERIAL.
Materials
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Silver
Ore: Gold
Ore: Copper
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Galena
Gangue: Sphalerite
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): TINGLEY, J. V. (1981) FIELD EXAMINATION
Comment (Deposit): GOLD-AND SILVER-BEARING QUARTZ VEINS. THE ORE OCCURS AS POCKETS AND VEINLIKES MASSES OF QUARTZ ALONG A SILICIFIED ZONE IN LIMESTONE.
Comment (Location): NORTH SIDE OF KINGSTON CREEK
Comment (Production): $5-$100 THOUSAND DOLLARS THROUGH 1969
Comment (Deposit): GOLD- AND SILVER-BEARING QUARTZ VEINS WERE DISCOVERED AT THIS SITE DURING THE EARLY 1860'S. PRODUCTION HAS BEEN ERRATIC, WITH PEAKS DURING 1865-71 AND 1937-41. THE ORE OCCURS AS POCKETS AND VEINLIKE MASSES OF QUARTZ ALONG A SILICIFIED ZONE IN LIMESTONE AT THE TOP OF A LOWER CAMBRIAN MAP UNIT. THE ORE ZONE TRENDS EAST AND IN GENERAL, DIPS 20DGE-30DGE N, CONFORMABLE TO THE HOST ROCKS. IT FORMS A PROMINENT AOUTCROP, RANGES FROM 3 TO 8 FEET IN THICKENSS, AND IS TRACEABLE FOR MORE THAN A MILE ALONG STRIKE. THE MINE IS DEVELOPED BY ABOUT 3000 FT OF WORKINGS INCLUDING TWO 700-FT ADITS. .SEVERAL UNPUBLISHED COMPANY REPORTS FROM NEW BEGINNINGS RESOURCES INC (ONE OF THE JOINT VENTURE PARTNERS) IN AUG-SEPT, 1983, REPORT DEVELOPMENT PROGRESS EXTENDING UNDERGROUND WORKINGS UNDER THE OLD VICTORINE MINE. THEY ALSO REPORT HOMESTAKE MINING CO ACTIVELY PROSPECTING BRAZOS GROUND, THE OLD KRONDIKE MINE AREA ADJOINING THE VICTORINE, ACROSS THE CANYON, TO THE WEST ALONG THE SAME STRUCTURE .SEVERAL
Comment (Deposit): UNPUBLISHED COMPANY REPORTS FROM NEW BEGINNINGS RESOURCES INC (ONE OF THE JOINT VENTURE PARTNERS) IN AUG-SEPT, 1983, REPORT DEVELOPMENT PROGRESS EXTENDING UNDERGROUND WORKINGS UNDER THE OLD VICTORINE MINE. THEY ALSO REPORT HOMESTAKE MINING CO ACTIVELY PROSPECTING BRAZOS GROUND, THE OLD KRONDIKE MINE AREA ADJOINING THE VICTORINE, ACROSS THE CANYON, TO THE WEST ALONG THE SAME STRUCTURE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
Comment (Development): LISTED AS AN ACTIVE, UNDERGROUND AU AG MINE IN 1983, EMPLOYING 12 PERSONS, OPERATED ON A JOINT VENTURE BETWEEN CRESTED BUTTE SILVER MINING CO, U. S. ENERGY, AND NEW BEGINNINGS RESOURCES. IN SUMMER, 1983, UNDERGROUND WORKINGS WERE BEING EXTENDED; MAPPING, SAMPLING AND METALLURGICAL TESTING WERE BEING CONDUCTED; AND ORE WAS BEING STOCKPILED AT THE SURFACE FOR PILOT SCALE METALLURGICAL TESTING.
Comment (Workings): SOUTH DRIFT, (846 FT); NORTH CROSSCUT (205 FT); SOUTH CROSSCUT (366 FT); NORTHEAST CROSSCUT (105 FT)(1983).
References
Reference (Deposit): UNPUBLISHED REPORTS TO STOCKHOLDERS, 1983, NEW BEGINNINGS RESOURCES, INC.
Reference (Deposit): NBMG MAP 84, 1983, ACTIVE MINES AND OIL FIELDS
Reference (Deposit): NBMG, 1994, MI-1993
Reference (Reserve-Resource): NBMG MI-1993
Reference (Deposit): STEWART, J.H., MCKEE, E.H., STAGER, H.K., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LANDER COUNTY NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 88.
Reference (Deposit): SIZER, F.L., 1893, REPORT ON THE KINGSTON GROUP ON MINES (UNDUB): NBMG FILES
Reference (Deposit): BROWN, A.H., 1909, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON THE KINGSTON PROPERTY: NBMG FILES
Reference (Deposit): TINGLEY, J. V., 1981, FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT, SEPT 21, 1981.
Reference (Deposit): STATE DIVISION OF MINE INSPECTION, 1983, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1983.
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.
