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Victoria Mine

Producer in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold, Bismuth, Lead
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  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. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Controls for ore emplacement
  15. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  16. Mining district
  17. Mineral rights holdings
  18. Land status
  19. Ownership information
  20. Production statistics
  21. Reserves and resources
  22. Workings at the site
  23. Links to other databases
  24. Bibliographic references
  25. General comments
  26. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10310523
MRDS ID W002693
Record type Deposit
Current site name Victoria Mine
Alternate or previous names Anaconda-Victoria

Comments on the site identification

  • This record incorporates all pertinent material from earlier MRDS records # W002693, and M233452 which could be deleted, as this record is more complete.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.55226, 40.32909 (WGS84)
Elevation 670
Relative position The Victoria Mine symbol is located at WGS84 40.3284 -114.5508 on the USGS topo map.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sharp Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Currie(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elko(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Spring-Steptoe Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 028N 066E 05 C W2 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary
Bismuth Critical Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Ore Materials: copper carbonates, chryscolla, malachite, chalcocite, limonite, chalcopyrite, bornite, bismuthinite
  • Gangue Materials: jasper, quartz, limonite, tremolite.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysocolla Ore
Malachite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Limonite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Quartz Ore
Limonite Ore
Tremolite Ore
Bismuthinite Ore
Azurite Ore
Bornite Ore
Copper Ore
Jasper Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Chrysocolla Unknown
Covellite Unknown

Alteration

  • (Local) minor silicification

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 53
USGS model code 17
Deposit model name Porphyry Cu
Mark3 model number 4
Model code 59
USGS model code 18b
Deposit model name Skarn Cu
Mark3 model number 8

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Skarn (Tactite)
    Rock type qualifier limestone-brecciated
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock type qualifier Limestone
    Dolomite
    Quartzite
    Rock unit name PEQUOP LIMESTONE
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Permian
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Melrose Stock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (oldest) Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.55226, 40.32909
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure name collapsed pipe

Ore body information

  • General form irregular, pipe
    Strike N-S
    Dip 5E
  • Thickness 180M
    Length 100M
    Width 75M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 BRECCIA FILL
    Shape of Orebody #1 PIPELIKE
    Primary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Secondary mode of Origin METAMORPHISM
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Secondary Ore Control CONTACT ZONE
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. SLIGHT
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SILICIFICATION
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 INTERM ARGILLIC
    Date of Last Modification 850816
  • Area 28HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 28
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Controls for ore emplacement

  • intrusive contact, fracturing

Comments on the geologic information

  • Tremolite occurs as veinlets and as fibers in fibrous altered limestone.
  • MINERALIZED ZONE ORIENTATION AND DIMENSIONS DESCRIBE BRECCIA PIPE ONLY THE GENERAL SIZE OF THE ORE BODY IS MEDIUM. TYPE OF ORE BODY IS SKARN-BRECCIA PIPE. ORIGIN OF ORE BODY IS ALSO BY SOLUTION COLAPSE. SHAPE OF ORE BODY ARCUATE IN PLANE. TYPE OF WALL ROCK ALTERATION ALSO INCLUDES OXIDATION. DIP OF MINERALIZED ZONE IS 45.
  • AGE OF MINERALIZATION POSSIBLY CRETACEOUS. THE MINERAL WITTICHENITE IS ALSO PRESENT.
  • LINE 3 IS A CALCAREOUS SANDSTONE-QUARTZITE. LINE 4 OF GEOMETRY IS A QUARTZ LATITE PORPHYRY DIKE. LINE 5 OF GEOMETRY IS A PORPHYRITIC QUARTZ MONZONITE. THE VICTORIA ORE BODY IS A BRECCIA-FILL DEPOSIT IN THE PEQUOP LIMESTONE FORMATION NEAR THE CONTACT OF THE MELROSE PORPHYRITIC QUARTZ MONZONITE STOCK OF CRETACOUS-JURASSIC AGE. BEDDED LIMESTONE, DOLOMITE, AND SANDSTONE SEDIMENTS OF THE PEQUOP SURROUND THE VICTORIA ORE BODY HAVE STRIKES TRENDING FROM N 34 E TO ALMOST DUE EAST. DIPS RANGE FROM 0 TO 34 S TO SW, WITH AN AVERAGE DIP OF APPROXIMATELY 20 SW (NEVADA DIRECTORY BIB. REF. #337).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Producer
Deposit size Small
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1872
Year of first production 1872
Year of last production 1970
Milling method Flotation

Mining district

District name Dolly Varden District (Granite Mountain, Mizpah)

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private
Ownership category BLM Administrative Area
Area name Wells BLM Administrative District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Royal Standard Minerals, Inc,
    Year 2001
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Hecla Mining Co.
    ID 2600558
    Interest 100
    Home office Idaho
    Year 1985
    First year 1985
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Anaconda Co., General Mining Division
    First year 1978
  • Type Lessee/Operator
    Owner Kokanee Placer Ltd
    Interest 90
    Home office White Rock BC v4b 3w1\nCanada
    Year 2010
  • Type Lessee/Owner
    Owner Encore Renaissance Resources Corp
    Interest 10
    Home office Vancouver BC V5C 2M7 \nCanada
    Year 2010

Production statistics

  • Year 1973
    Description Waste Stripped (Surface Mine) 188000 Tonnage Waste/ Annual
  • Year 1973
    Description Copper Ore Mined
  • Year 1974
    Description Waste Stripped (Surface Mine) 2469000 Tonnes Waste/ Annual
  • Year 1974
    Material copper ore mined
    Ore mined 132400mt
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Copper Ore Mined 132400 Tonnes Ore / Annual
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Copper Copper 132400mt
  • Year 1975
    Description Waste Stripped 1555000 Tonnes Waste/ 10 Months
  • Year 1975
    Material copper ore mined
    Ore mined 253100mt
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Copper Ore Mined 253100 Tonnes Ore / 10 Months
  • Year 1976
    Description Waste Stripped (Surface Mine) 396000 Tonnes Waste/ Annual
  • Year 1976
    Description Copper Ore Mined 121100 Tonnes Ore / Annual
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Copper Copper 12100mt
  • Year 1976
    Ore mined 313626mt
    Description Material Treated 313626 Tonnes Annual
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Secondary Gold Gold 8886g
    Primary Copper Copper 5447mt
    Secondary Silver Silver 2553367g

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Name 6786 foot level
    Estimate year 2010
    Total resources 1231000mt ore
    Remarks Encore Renaissance Resources Corp. (formerly Consolidated Gold Win Ventures, not to be confused with Consolidated Goldfields) Management Discussion and Analysis For the Six Month Ended April 30, 2010\nhttp://www.encorerenaissance.com/pdfs/encore_mda_april_30_10.pdf
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Silver 12 g/mt Silver Secondary 2010
    Copper 2.39 wt-pct Copper Primary 2010
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1979
    Total resources 1400000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Silver Ag 11.5 g/mt Silver Minor 1979
    Copper Cu 2.1 wt-pct Copper Major 1979

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • SEE NV DIR. BIB. REF. #836 FOR ADDITIONAL RESERVE-RESOURCES.
  • KACZMAROWSKI, J., FINAL GEOLOGY REPORT ON VICTORIA MINE 1977, 46PP.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ACTUAL
    Mining Method BLOCK CAVING 10-79
    Swell Factor .75
    Percent Waste Rock 20.2
    Percent Recovery 92
    Hardness of Rock SOFT NONPLASTIC WITH LITTLE WATER
    Rock Characteristics MULTIPLE SYSTEMS OF WEAKNESS PLANES
    Number of Shafts 1
    Length of Inclines (m) 550
    Slope of Inclines 10
    Number of Inclines 1
    1st Condition of Workings PART ACCESSIBLE
    2nd Condition of Workings FLOODED
    Capacity 907
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 10.55
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 350
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1973

Comments on the workings information

  • early shaft (now flooded); later open pit
  • A COUNTY ROAD CONNECTING CURRIE, NEVADA WITH HIGHWAY ALT 50 PASSES THROUGH THE VICTORIA PROPERTY WATER IS PUMPED FROM THE GOSHUTE VALLEY, NINE MILES FROM THE MINE OPERATION ELECTRICITY IS TRANSMITTED 89 MILES FROM ELY, NEVADA.

Comments on other economic factors

  • From 1908-1981, the Victoria mine produced 5.3 tonnes of silver and 16.5 kilotonnes of copper from 544 kilotonnes of ore (with negligible amounts of gold, lead, and bismuth). In 1981, the Victoria deposit was estimated to contain a remaining resource of 1247 kilotonnes of ore containing 15 tonnes of silver, 32 kilotonnes of copper, and an unknown amount of gold (Long and others, 1998).

Comments on development

  • The property was actively worked for about 2 years after its discovery in 1872, with copper ores smelted at Dolly Varden Spring. Production was intermittent in the 1870s, 1908-1945,1956 and in 1973 the Anaconda Co. opened the mine by means of an open pit to develop the copper-silver-bismuth ores. The area was being prospected by Royal Standard Minerals, Inc. in 2001.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit contact zone
Deposit 1985 UPDATE. ACCORDING TO NEV. BUMINES, THERE WAS MINOR ACTIVITY AT THE MINE IN 1981. NO PRODUCTION SINCE THAT TIME, THE PROPERTY HAS REMAINED INACTIVE. GENERAL LOCATION IS ABOUT 126 KM NE OF ELY. THE MILL IS LOCATED ON SITE AND IS CURRENTLY INACTIVE AND ON STANDBY. THE MILL METHOD IS FLOTATION WITH A PROCESS RATE OF 907 MT/D THE PRODUCT TYPE IS CU-AG CONCENTRATE. MINING METHOD IS SUB LEVEL BLOCK CAVING.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Cox, Dennis P. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 01-JUL-1979 Tingley, J.V. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-JUL-1981 Zigler, Jan L. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 07-OCT-1996 Spear, James M. U.S. Bureau of Mines
Reporter 01-JUN-2003 LaPointe, D.D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Editor 01-SEP-2007 Schruben, Paul G. U.S. Geological Survey Converted from S&A FileMaker format to Oracle. Edit checks on rocks, units, and ages with Geolex search, and other fields.

Beyond USGS

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Current status (per MSHA)

StatusActive since 10/01/2025
MSHA mine ID2601317
Mine name (MSHA)VICTORIA MINE
Current operatorEnergy Metal Resources US Inc.
Current controller (parent)Energy Metals Corp
Mine typeUnderground (Metal / non-metal)

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