The Victory Copper Mine is a copper mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,780 feet.
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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
Elevation: 4,780 Feet (1,457 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 34.29028, -112.64806
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Victory Copper Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Victory Copper Mine
Secondary: Victory
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Zonia District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: C. J. Brown, C. H. Barnes, George Flynn
Years: 1955 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1947
Year Last Production: 1955
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: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: STRATIFORM, LENSES
Structure
Type: R
Description: Folation And Bedding In Metavolcanic Rocks Trends N40e
Type: L
Description: Massive Sulfide Lenses Parallel Foliation
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Sericitization, Chloritization
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Location): 5.4 MILES SOUTH OF KIRKLAND JUNCTION. MILS LOCATION DATA ONLY. UTM COORDINATES TO CENTER OF SW 1/4 OF SEC. 14. NO MINE SYMBOLS SHOWN.
Comment (Deposit): NO DESCRIPTIONS OF DEPOSIT AVAILABLE. MINERALIZED SCHIST 200 FT TO 300 FT WIDE.
Comment (Geology): DEPOSIT IS LOW GRADE, OXIDE AND SULFIDE FACIES MASSIVE SULFIDE DEPOSIT IN PROTEROZOIC METAVOLCANIC ROCKS
References
Reference (Deposit): USBM-ABGMT FILE DATA.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Deposit): AZ DEPT MIN. RESOURCES FILE DATA.
Reference (Deposit): MILS LOCATION DATA.
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