Victorine Mine

Plant in Lander county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc
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. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Reserves and resources
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10246184
MAS/MILS ID 0320150232
Record type Site
Current site name Victorine Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -117.16763, 39.27852 (WGS84)
Elevation 2682
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lander(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bunker Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Smith Creek Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Millett(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Northern Big Smoky Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lander

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 016 N 043 E 05 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • THE MINING RECORD ARTICLELS LOCATE THIS PROPERTY IN NYE COUNTY NEVADA. THIS PROPERTY FILE HAS A MILS LOCATION IN LANDER COUNTY, WILL ASSUME THIS LOCATION IS OK TILL A BETTER LOCATION CAN BE ESTABLISHED.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Plant type Leach
Plant subcategory Precipitation

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Verdstone Gold Corp.
    Interest 50
    Home office Canada
    Year 1996
  • Type Owner
    Owner Stirrup Creek Gold Inc.
    Interest 50
    Year 1996

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1993
    Measured 719694mt ore
    Demonstrated 719694mt ore
    Total resources 719694mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 0.9943 g/mt Gold Major 1993
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1993
    Inferred 292495mt ore
    Total resources 292495mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 4.9714 g/mt Gold Major 1993

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 594, 1915, PT.13.

  • Deposit

    THE MINING RECORD, FEB. 26, 1993, P1.

  • Deposit

    THE MINING RECORD, JUNE 9, 1993, P19.

  • Deposit

    RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY 1994/95, U.S. MINES AND MINING

  • Deposit

    COMPANIES, P357.

  • Deposit

    RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY 1996/97, U.S. MINES AND MINING

  • Deposit

    COMPANIES, P278.

  • Deposit

    AMERICAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1996, P239.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-FEB-97 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

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