Victory Lode Claim

The Victory Lode Claim is a copper, tungsten, gold, zinc, silver, lead, and molybdenum mine located in Madison county, Montana at an elevation of 8,799 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Victory Lode Claim

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Primary: Tungsten
Primary: Gold
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Primary: Molybdenum

Location

State: Montana
County: Madison
District: Potosi

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: E. Roy Grigg

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: IRREGULAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: Tobacco Root Batholith

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: ASSAY REPORT FOR 1968 { (CLAIM EXAMINED EARLIER 1961, BUT REPORT ISN'T WITH THIS SET) {{ SAMPLE Z - VIC FROM DIS. CUT NO. 1 (SHAFT DUMP) (SAMPLE TAKEN 1961) - GOLD AND ZINC - TRACE, SILVER - 24.7 OZ PER TON, LEAD - 28 LBS. PER TON, COPPER - 24.4 LBS. PER TON, WO3 - 0.169 STU, 65% GRADE {{ SAMPLE Z - VIC TUN FROM ADIT NO. 2 - 1961: GOLD - 0.001 OZ PER TON, SILVER - 0.80 OZ PER TON, COPPER AND MOLYBDENUM - TRACE, WO3 - 0.231 STU

Materials

Not available

Comments

Comment (Commodity): SAMPLES FROM DISCOVERY CUT NO. 1 AND ADIT NO. 2

Comment (Geology): TOBACCO ROOT BATHOLITH: THIS BATHOLITH HAS INTRUDED THE PRE - BELTIAN, PRECAMBRIAN METAMORPHIC ROCKS AND PALEOZOIC SEDIMENTARY ROCKS DURING LARAMIDE OROGENY. WHICH OCCURED IN THIS AREA DURING LATE CRETACEOUS OR EARLY EOCENE TIME. {{ SEDIMENTARY FORMATIONS: PLEISTOCENE MORAINE AND RECENT STREAM ALLUVIUM WHICH COVER THE CANYON FLOOR. {{ METAMORPHIC ROCKS: MADE UP OF THOUSANDS OF FEET OF DARK - COLORED GNEISSES AND SCHISTS BELONGING TO THE PONY SERIES OF PRECAMBRIAN AGE. {{ IGNEOUS ROCKS: THE TYPICAL IGNEOUS ROCKS ARE QUARTZ - MONZONITE COMPOSED OF ABOUT 20% QUARTZ, 30% ORTHOCLASE, 40% PLAGIOCLASE, FLEDSPARS, LESS THAN 3% BIOTITE, AND 1% HORNBLENDE. ACCESSORY MINERALS ARE ABOUT 2% SPHENE, 1% APATITE, AND 2% MAGNETITE AND SULFIDES (PYRITE).

Comment (Workings): IMPROVEMENTS ON CLAIM AS OF 1968 { (CLAIM EXAMINED EARLIER 1961, BUT REPORT ISN'T WITH THIS SET) {{ SHAFT, DISCOVERY CUT NO. 1 - 4 FEET BY 6 FEET AT THE COLLAR AND 20 FEET DEEP. {{ ADIT NO. 1 - 5 BY 7 FEET IN THE CLEAR AND 18 FEET LONG. NEW SINCE 1961. {{ ADIT NO. 2 - 5 BY 7 FEET IN CROSS SECTION AND ABOUT 70 FEET IN LENGTH. STRIKE OF VEIN: N. 45 TO 55 E.; END OF DIP VERTICAL (?)

Comment (Location): ALL LOCATIONS ESTIMATED FROM SECTION CORNERS; GOOD TO WITHIN ONE MILE OF EXACT LOCATION.

References

Reference (Deposit): 1961 DIREXPL USFS - CAN'T FIND REPORT

Reference (Deposit): 1968 DIREXPL USFS

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.