Victoria Mine

The Victoria Mine is a gold mine located in Lawrence county, South Dakota at an elevation of 5,600 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Victoria Mine

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver

Location

State: South Dakota
County: Lawrence
District: Ragged Top District

Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
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.
Administrative Organization: Black Hills National Forest

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: White House Congress, Inc.

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1896
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Interior Plains
Physiographic Province: Great Plains Province
Physiographic Section: Black Hills

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Type: L
Description: Massive 4 - 6 Ft Brecciated Carbonate Completely Silicified, Pahasapa Dips 400 Ft/Mi; Gentle N-S Folds. One Has Axial Trend N 10 Deg W

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Iron And Manganese Oxides

Rocks

Name: Plutonic Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian

Name: Plutonic Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Mississippian

Name: Plutonic Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Plutonic Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: GRAB SAMPLE ONE = 2.0 PPM AU { GRAB SAMPLE TWO = 0.36 OZ AU AND 0.44 OZ AG PER TON.

Materials

Ore: Gold
Ore: Silver

Comments

Comment (Workings): EXTENSIVE DEVELOPMENT

Comment (Geology): SIMILAR TO DEPOSITS FOUND AROUND RAGGED TOP (SE 1/4 SEC. 20 T. 5 N., R. 2 E.)

Comment (Location): SE 1/4 SEC 17 AND NE 1/4 SEC. 20 ON DIVIDE BETWEEN SQUAW CREEK AND SPEARFISH CANYON

Comment (Production): ITEM 1 : SEPTEMBER 15 , 1912 - OCTOBER 30 , 1912 . ITEM 2 : SEVERAL HUNDRED TONS FROM SOUTHERN MOST SHOOT.

Comment (Development): ECON.COM: MILL

Comment (Deposit): FIVE ORE SHOOTS, FROM N TO S, SPEARFISH, RIP RAP, ROYAL, SWIFT AND HURD (WIKER). ORE SHUTE NO 1. = 6 FT THICK, 35 FT WIDE, 500 FT LONG { ORE SHUTE NO 2 = 6 FT THICK, 25 FT WIDE, 225 FT LONG { ORE SHUTE NO. 3 = 8 FT THICK, 35 FT WIDE, 125 FT LONG

References

Reference (Deposit): US BUREAU OF MINES, 1954 , BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART 1 , BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7688 .

Reference (Deposit): SHAPIRO, L. H., AND GRIES, J. P., 1970 , ORE DEPOSITS IN ROCKS OF PALEOZOIC AND TERTIARY AGE OF THE NORTHERN BLACK HILLS, SOUTH DAKOTA, SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY.

Reference (Deposit): SHAPIRO, L. H., AND GRIES, J. P., 1970 , ORE DEPOSITS IN ROCKS OF PALEOZOIC AND TERTIARY AGE OF THE NORTHERN BLACK HILLS, SOUTH DAKOTA, SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES AND TECHNOLOG

Reference (Production): US BUREAU OF MINES, 1954 , BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART 1 , BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7688 { SHAPIRO, L. H., AND GRIES, J. P., 1970 , ORE DEPOSITS IN ROCKS OF PALEOZOIC AND TERTIARY AGE OF THE NORTHERN BLACK HILLS, SOUTH DAKOTA, SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY

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