Victorine Gold Mine

The Victorine Gold Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Lander county, Nevada.

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Mine Info

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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.