Victory Tungsten Mine

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Tungsten, Fluorine-Fluorite, Molybdenum, Beryllium
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. 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. Land status
  18. Ownership information
  19. Production statistics
  20. Workings at the site
  21. Links to other databases
  22. Bibliographic references
  23. General comments
  24. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044264
MRDS ID M231647
Record type Site
Current site name Victory Tungsten Mine
Alternate or previous names Victory Nos. 1-6 Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.91567, 38.97548 (WGS84)
Elevation 1585
Relative position 4.1 MILES W-SW OF LODI TANKS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Downeyville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ione Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Gabbs Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 013N 036E 22,27 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Beryllium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Andalusite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sphene Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) The Granodiorite Is Feldspathized And Contact Metamorphosed.Silicification

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 42
USGS model code 14a
Deposit model name W skarn

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.91567, 38.97548

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Shear Zone (N 40 W, 50-70 Sw), Joints (N 50 W, 90)Dougan Thrust Fault; 2 E-W Faults

Ore body information

  • Strike N 5-10 W
    Dip 40-50 SW
    Length 91.44M
    Width 45.72M
    Depth to bottom 9.14M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ore Body Is Controlled A N 5-10 W, 40-50 Sw Feldspathized Zone, A N 40 W, 50-70 Sw Shear Zone, N 50 W Striking Vertical Joints. Fracturing And Crushing Of Host Rock.

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE ORE BODY IS ENCLOSED BY AND GRADATIONAL INTO A FELDSPATHIZED ZONE.THE SCHEELITE IS ERRATICALLY DISTRIBUTED, ASSOCIATED WITH QUARTZ.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1945
Discoverer W.L. Sovy And Jack Southerland Of Fallon, And Albert Brown Of Gabbs.

Mining district

District name Lodi District/Granite

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Gabbs Exploration Co.
    Home office Salt Lake City, Ut
    First year 1973

Production statistics

  • Year 1956
    Period 1951-1956
    Material W
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^0.46-6.24 Percent Wo3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Wo3 Tungsten Tungsten 95g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • ABOUT 12 TONS HIGH-GRADE ORE ASSAYED 19% WO3

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 1524M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 300 FT INCLINE SHAFT AND A 1,900 FT DRIFT ADIT.

Comments on development

  • PURCHASED IN 1949 BY MR. DOUGAN & ASSOCS. UNDER WHOSE AUSPICES THE GABBS EXPLORATION CO. BEGAN MINING AND MILLING ABOUT APRIL,1951. A 100-TON MILL ON THE PROPERTY WAS TREATING 80 TPD BY EARLY 1952.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE ORE BODY HAS AN INVERTED TRIANGULAR SHAPE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1984 Blaskowski, Michael J. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

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