Buckeye Mine - Victoria Mines

The Buckeye Mine - Victoria Mines is a lead and zinc mine located in Madison county, Montana at an elevation of 5,820 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Buckeye Mine - Victoria Mines

Commodity

Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Copper

Location

State: Montana
County: Madison
District: Sheridan (Mill Creek) 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: Buckeye Corp
Home Office: Sheridan
Years: 1950 -

Owner Name: Mortensen, Steve
Home Office: Sheridan
Years: 1981 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1865
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Tobacco Root Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Type: R
Description: Tobacco Root Batholith

Type: L
Description: Strong Faults Trend N 30 E, 30 W.

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Intense Oxidation Of Suphide Ore

Rocks

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoarchean

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: GRAB SAMPLE HAD 6 OZ/TON AG, 1.5% PB, .5% ZN.

Materials

Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Deposit): VEIN IS COMPLETELY WITHIN THE BRANDON GRANITE.

Comment (Workings): 2 ADITS, 1 180 FT SHAFT, OVER 600 FT DRIFTS

Comment (Geology): VEIN IS WITHIN GRANITE, ALTHOUGH THE GRANITE-CHERRY CREEK GROUP CONTACT LIES PARALLEL, ONLY 70 FEET FROM THE VEIN.

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1860'S

Comment (Development): ACTIVE 1981 - MILL BUILT, BULLDOZING

References

Reference (Deposit): GILBERT, F.C., 1935, DIRECTORY OF MINING PROPERTIES: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, MEMOIR 15, P 48.

Reference (Deposit): MBMG MEM 41, P. 17.

Reference (Deposit): MBMG MEM 9, P. 43.

Reference (Deposit): REYNER, M.J., 1950, DIRECTORY OF MINING PROPERTIES, 1949: MT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. MEMOIR 31, P. 63

Reference (Deposit): YOUNG F., CROWLEY, F., AND SAHINEN, U.M., 1962, MARKETING PROBLEMS OF SMALL BUSINESS ENTERPRISES ENGAGED IN LEAD-ZINC MINING: MT. BUR.MINES AND GEOL., BULLETIN 30, P. 30

Reference (Production): MBMG MEM 31.

Principal Gold Districts of Montana

In Montana, 54 mining districts have each have produced more than 10,000 ounces of gold. The largest producers are Butte, Helena, Marysville, and Virginia City, each having produced more than one million ounces. Twenty seven other districts are each credited with between 100,000 and one million ounces of gold production. Read more: Principal Gold Districts of Montana.