Victory Copper Mine

Producer in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Silver
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109869
MRDS ID M800381
Record type Site
Current site name Victory Copper Mine
Alternate or previous names Victory
Related records 10113270

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.64881, 34.29033 (WGS84)
Elevation 1457
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position APPROXIMATELY 1.3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE ZONIA MINE (MCMAHON SHAFT).

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Peeples Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bradshaw Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hassayampa(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila-Agua Fria(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Yavapai

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 011N 004W 14 SW Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • 5.4 MILES SOUTH OF KIRKLAND JUNCTION. MILS LOCATION DATA ONLY. UTM COORDINATES TO CENTER OF SW 1/4 OF SEC. 14. NO MINE SYMBOLS SHOWN.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericitization, Chloritization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.64881, 34.29033

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Folation And Bedding In Metavolcanic Rocks Trends N40e
Type of structure Local
Structure description Massive Sulfide Lenses Parallel Foliation

Ore body information

  • General form STRATIFORM, LENSES

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stratigraphy, Igneous Rocks

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT IS LOW GRADE, OXIDE AND SULFIDE FACIES MASSIVE SULFIDE DEPOSIT IN PROTEROZOIC METAVOLCANIC ROCKS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1947
Year of last production 1955

Mining district

District name Zonia District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner C. J. Brown, C. H. Barnes, George Flynn
    First year 1955

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM-ABGMT FILE DATA.

  • Deposit

    MILS LOCATION DATA.

  • Deposit

    AZ DEPT MIN. RESOURCES FILE DATA.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO DESCRIPTIONS OF DEPOSIT AVAILABLE. MINERALIZED SCHIST 200 FT TO 300 FT WIDE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-82 Dewitt, Ed H. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Arizona resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.