Victory Copper Mine

The Victory Copper Mine is a copper mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,780 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

Name: Victory Copper Mine  

State:  Arizona

County:  Yavapai

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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