The Victoria Mine is a gold mine located in Lawrence county, South Dakota at an elevation of 5,600 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,600 Feet (1,707 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 44.39056, -103.89167
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Victoria Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Victoria Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: South Dakota
County: Lawrence
District: Ragged Top District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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.
Administrative Organization: Black Hills National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: White House Congress, Inc.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1896
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Interior Plains
Physiographic Province: Great Plains Province
Physiographic Section: Black Hills
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Massive 4 - 6 Ft Brecciated Carbonate Completely Silicified, Pahasapa Dips 400 Ft/Mi; Gentle N-S Folds. One Has Axial Trend N 10 Deg W
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Iron And Manganese Oxides
Rocks
Name: Plutonic Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Name: Plutonic Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Mississippian
Name: Plutonic Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Plutonic Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: GRAB SAMPLE ONE = 2.0 PPM AU { GRAB SAMPLE TWO = 0.36 OZ AU AND 0.44 OZ AG PER TON.
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Silver
Comments
Comment (Workings): EXTENSIVE DEVELOPMENT
Comment (Geology): SIMILAR TO DEPOSITS FOUND AROUND RAGGED TOP (SE 1/4 SEC. 20 T. 5 N., R. 2 E.)
Comment (Location): SE 1/4 SEC 17 AND NE 1/4 SEC. 20 ON DIVIDE BETWEEN SQUAW CREEK AND SPEARFISH CANYON
Comment (Production): ITEM 1 : SEPTEMBER 15 , 1912 - OCTOBER 30 , 1912 . ITEM 2 : SEVERAL HUNDRED TONS FROM SOUTHERN MOST SHOOT.
Comment (Development): ECON.COM: MILL
Comment (Deposit): FIVE ORE SHOOTS, FROM N TO S, SPEARFISH, RIP RAP, ROYAL, SWIFT AND HURD (WIKER). ORE SHUTE NO 1. = 6 FT THICK, 35 FT WIDE, 500 FT LONG { ORE SHUTE NO 2 = 6 FT THICK, 25 FT WIDE, 225 FT LONG { ORE SHUTE NO. 3 = 8 FT THICK, 35 FT WIDE, 125 FT LONG
References
Reference (Deposit): US BUREAU OF MINES, 1954 , BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART 1 , BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7688 .
Reference (Deposit): SHAPIRO, L. H., AND GRIES, J. P., 1970 , ORE DEPOSITS IN ROCKS OF PALEOZOIC AND TERTIARY AGE OF THE NORTHERN BLACK HILLS, SOUTH DAKOTA, SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY.
Reference (Deposit): SHAPIRO, L. H., AND GRIES, J. P., 1970 , ORE DEPOSITS IN ROCKS OF PALEOZOIC AND TERTIARY AGE OF THE NORTHERN BLACK HILLS, SOUTH DAKOTA, SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES AND TECHNOLOG
Reference (Production): US BUREAU OF MINES, 1954 , BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART 1 , BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7688 { SHAPIRO, L. H., AND GRIES, J. P., 1970 , ORE DEPOSITS IN ROCKS OF PALEOZOIC AND TERTIARY AGE OF THE NORTHERN BLACK HILLS, SOUTH DAKOTA, SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY
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