The Victory No 2 is a mine located in Del Norte county, California at an elevation of 2,661 feet.
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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
Elevation: 2,661 Feet (811 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 41.9261, -123.98110
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Victory No 2 MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Victory No 2
Secondary: Judy Mine
Secondary: Hicks Mine
Secondary: Judy Group
Secondary: Judy Claims 1,3,4
Commodity
Tertiary: Chromium
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: California
County: Del Norte
District: High Plateau Area
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.
Holdings
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Hughes,Bird,Brown (Recent Claim)
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1976
Owner Name: U.S. Forest Service - Six Rivers National Forest
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1976
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1942
Discovery Year: 1941
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: Klamath Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Chromite
Unknown: Enstatite
Unknown: Olivine
Unknown: Pyroxene
Unknown: Serpentine
Comments
Comment (Deposit): NO MINE ACCESS.IMPOSSIBLE TO ESTIMATE RESERVES. ORE IN PLACE FT COLLAR. ORE SHIPPED DURING 50S RAN 45.6 PERCENT CR2O3,1 THE ORE SHIPPED HAS CARRIED FROM 44.35 TO 50.55 PERCENT CR20 OF LUMP ORE AND 41 LONG TONS OF CONCENTRATES- MINE VISIT BY N 24 OCT 1975: INSUFFICIENT DATAFOR MATRIX DEVELOPMENT
References
Reference (Deposit): WELLS,F.G,ET AL,1946,CDM AND G BULL 134,PT.1,CHAP.1,P.39
Reference (Deposit): CAL.JOUR MINES AND GEOL.VOL.48,NO4,OCTOBER 1952,P.292.
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