Victoria Mine

Past Producer in Madison county in Montana, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10197889
MAS/MILS ID 0300570145
Record type Site
Current site name Victoria Mine
Alternate or previous names Broadway-Victoria Group

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -112.31527, 45.6949 (WGS84)
Elevation 1597
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Silver Star(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Jefferson(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Madison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 002 S 006 W 02 NESWNW Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -112.31527, 45.6949

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF STATE LANDS. ABANDONED HARDROCK MINES

  • Deposit

    PRIORITY SITES, SUMMARY REPORT, MARCH 1994, P. 5-178.

  • Deposit

    MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULLETIN 30, 1962, P. 30.

  • Deposit

    MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY MEMOIR 31, 1949, P. 73.

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 574, 1914, P. 142-144.

  • Deposit

    MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULLETIN 20, 1940, P. 78.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Environmental Factors NO DISCHARGING ADITS, FILLED SHAFTS, SEEPS, OR SPRINGS WERE IDENTIFIED AT THE SITE. NO SURFACE WATER WAS OBSERVED ON OR NEAR THE SITE. THE NEAREST WATER WAS LOCATED APPROX. 1.5 MILES AWAY; CONSEQUENTLY, NO SURFACE WATER OR SEDIMENT SAMPLES WERE COLLECTED. POTENTIAL SAFETY HAZARDS IDENTIFIED AT THE SITE INCLUDED FOUR OPEN ADITS AND ONE OPEN SHAFT. THE CONCENTRATION OF CYANIDE MEASURED IN THE TAILINGS RANGED FROM 1.9 TO 6.15 MG/KG.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 30-SEP-94 O'Brien, Mary Ann U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references