Victoria Shaft

The Victoria Shaft is a lead, silver, gold, and copper mine located in Juab county, Utah at an elevation of 6,870 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Victoria Shaft
Secondary: Eagle Mine ?

Commodity

Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Primary: Copper

Location

State: Utah
County: Juab
District: Tintic 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: Sharon Steel Corp.
Home Office: Miami, Fl.

Owner Name: U.S. Smelting, Refining, And Mining Co.

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1950
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: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Thomas Mountains - Tintic Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Type: L
Description: Northeast Cross Breaks

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: PB-14.84% AVERAGE.
Analytical Data: AG-13.23 OZ/TON IN SILICEOUS ORE
Analytical Data: AG-16.34 OZ/TON AVERAGE
Analytical Data: AU-0.218 OZ/TON IN SILICEOUS ORE
Analytical Data: AU-0.135 OZ/TON AVERAGE

Materials

Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Goethite

Comments

Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED SECTION

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1900S

Comment (Production): AN UNKNOWN, BUT SMALL, AMOUNT OF PB WAS PRODUCED.

Comment (Geology): DETAILED DESCRIPTION BY LINDGREN, W. AND LOUGHLIN, G.F., 1919. OXIDIZED ORE WITH BARITE AND ENARGITE PREDOMINATED.

Comment (Deposit): ESTIMATED 1919 THAT PROPERTY PROBADLY PRODUCED $1 MILLION GROSS VALUE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Location): IN EAGLE CANYON SOUTH OF EUREKA ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977

Comment (Deposit): DETAILED DESCRIPTION IN LINDGREN AND LOUGHLIN, 1919. SILICEOUS GOLD-SILVER ORE PREDOMINATES.

Comment (Workings): SHAFT, 1200 FT DEEP IN 1917, WITH WORKINGS 400 FT NORTH TO PROPERTY LINE AND 1200 FT SOUTH. BY 1926, 1450 SUB LEVEL WAS SITE OF ACTIVITY.

References

Reference (Deposit): TOWER, G.W. AND SMITH, G.O., 1898, GEOLOGY OF THE TINTIC DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 19TH ANNUAL REPORT VOLUME III, PAGE 748

Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., AND LOUGHLIN, G.F. 1919, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC DISTRICT: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 107, P. 223

Reference (Deposit): NEALE W.G., 1927, THE MINES HANDBOOK, VOLUME XVII, NEW YORK, THE MINES HANDBOOK CO. P. 1492

Reference (Deposit): MORRIS, H.T. 1968, THE MAIN TINTIC MINING DISTRICT IN RIDGE, J.D., EDITOR, GRATON SALES VOLUME, A.I.M.E. P. 1060

Reference (Deposit): MORRIS, H.T., AND LOVERING, T.S., 1979, GENERAL GEOLOGY AND MINES OF THE EAST TINTIC MINING DISTRICT, UTAH AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 1024, 194 PP.

Reference (Deposit): COOK, D.R., ED., 1957, GEOLOGY OF THE EAST TINTIC MOUNTAINS AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICTS: UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK, NO. 12, 183 P.

Reference (Deposit): MORRIS, H.T., 1964, GEOLOGY OF THE EUREKA QUADRANGLE, UTAH AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1142-K, P. K1-K29.

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