The Victoria Shaft is a lead, silver, gold, and copper mine located in Juab county, Utah at an elevation of 6,870 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,870 Feet (2,094 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver, Gold, Copper
Lat, Long: 39.94472, -112.11389
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Victoria Shaft MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Victoria Shaft
Secondary: Eagle Mine ?
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Utah
County: Juab
District: Tintic 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: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Sharon Steel Corp.
Home Office: Miami, Fl.
Owner Name: U.S. Smelting, Refining, And Mining Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1950
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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: Thomas Mountains - Tintic Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Northeast Cross Breaks
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: PB-14.84% AVERAGE.
Analytical Data: AG-13.23 OZ/TON IN SILICEOUS ORE
Analytical Data: AG-16.34 OZ/TON AVERAGE
Analytical Data: AU-0.218 OZ/TON IN SILICEOUS ORE
Analytical Data: AU-0.135 OZ/TON AVERAGE
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Goethite
Comments
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED SECTION
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1900S
Comment (Production): AN UNKNOWN, BUT SMALL, AMOUNT OF PB WAS PRODUCED.
Comment (Geology): DETAILED DESCRIPTION BY LINDGREN, W. AND LOUGHLIN, G.F., 1919. OXIDIZED ORE WITH BARITE AND ENARGITE PREDOMINATED.
Comment (Deposit): ESTIMATED 1919 THAT PROPERTY PROBADLY PRODUCED $1 MILLION GROSS VALUE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Location): IN EAGLE CANYON SOUTH OF EUREKA ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977
Comment (Deposit): DETAILED DESCRIPTION IN LINDGREN AND LOUGHLIN, 1919. SILICEOUS GOLD-SILVER ORE PREDOMINATES.
Comment (Workings): SHAFT, 1200 FT DEEP IN 1917, WITH WORKINGS 400 FT NORTH TO PROPERTY LINE AND 1200 FT SOUTH. BY 1926, 1450 SUB LEVEL WAS SITE OF ACTIVITY.
References
Reference (Deposit): TOWER, G.W. AND SMITH, G.O., 1898, GEOLOGY OF THE TINTIC DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 19TH ANNUAL REPORT VOLUME III, PAGE 748
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., AND LOUGHLIN, G.F. 1919, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC DISTRICT: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 107, P. 223
Reference (Deposit): NEALE W.G., 1927, THE MINES HANDBOOK, VOLUME XVII, NEW YORK, THE MINES HANDBOOK CO. P. 1492
Reference (Deposit): MORRIS, H.T. 1968, THE MAIN TINTIC MINING DISTRICT IN RIDGE, J.D., EDITOR, GRATON SALES VOLUME, A.I.M.E. P. 1060
Reference (Deposit): MORRIS, H.T., AND LOVERING, T.S., 1979, GENERAL GEOLOGY AND MINES OF THE EAST TINTIC MINING DISTRICT, UTAH AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 1024, 194 PP.
Reference (Deposit): COOK, D.R., ED., 1957, GEOLOGY OF THE EAST TINTIC MOUNTAINS AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICTS: UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK, NO. 12, 183 P.
Reference (Deposit): MORRIS, H.T., 1964, GEOLOGY OF THE EUREKA QUADRANGLE, UTAH AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1142-K, P. K1-K29.
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