Victorine Gold Mine

Producer in Lander county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper
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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045171
MRDS ID M232855
Record type Site
Current site name Victorine Gold Mine
Alternate or previous names Victorine Gold Project, Phoenician, Kingston Mine, Klondike Mine, Sumich Mine
Related records 10310315

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.13537, 39.22714 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lander(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Brewer Canyon(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 016N 043E 27,22;22 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • NORTH SIDE OF KINGSTON CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Copper Ore
Gold Ore
Silver Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Galena Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Sphalerite Gangue

Analytical data

Result 1983 ASSAY DATA FROM FACE SAMPLES IN UNDERGROUND WORKINGS AVERAGED 7 FT OF 0.798 OZ AU/T AND 0.02 OZ AG/T, BUT SAMPLES VARIED IN GRADE UP TO 4.22 OZ AU/T, AND 0.52 OZ AG/T AND SOME EVEN HIGHER GRADE MATERIAL.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.13537, 39.22714

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N90E
    Dip 25N
    Thickness 2.44M
    Length 1609.3M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Silicified Zone In Limestone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Kingston District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Crested Butte Silver Mining Co , John L. Larsen, President
    Home office P. O. Box 186, Austin, Nv 89310.
    First year 1983

Comments on the production information

  • $5-$100 THOUSAND DOLLARS THROUGH 1969

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • TINGLEY, J. V. (1981) FIELD EXAMINATION

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 914.4M
    Overall depth 213.36M

Comments on the workings information

  • SOUTH DRIFT, (846 FT); NORTH CROSSCUT (205 FT); SOUTH CROSSCUT (366 FT); NORTHEAST CROSSCUT (105 FT)(1983).

Comments on development

  • LISTED AS AN ACTIVE, UNDERGROUND AU AG MINE IN 1983, EMPLOYING 12 PERSONS, OPERATED ON A JOINT VENTURE BETWEEN CRESTED BUTTE SILVER MINING CO, U. S. ENERGY, AND NEW BEGINNINGS RESOURCES. IN SUMMER, 1983, UNDERGROUND WORKINGS WERE BEING EXTENDED; MAPPING, SAMPLING AND METALLURGICAL TESTING WERE BEING CONDUCTED; AND ORE WAS BEING STOCKPILED AT THE SURFACE FOR PILOT SCALE METALLURGICAL TESTING.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STEWART, J.H., MCKEE, E.H., STAGER, H.K., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LANDER COUNTY NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 88.

  • Deposit

    SIZER, F.L., 1893, REPORT ON THE KINGSTON GROUP ON MINES (UNDUB): NBMG FILES

  • Deposit

    BROWN, A.H., 1909, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON THE KINGSTON PROPERTY: NBMG FILES

  • Deposit

    TINGLEY, J. V., 1981, FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT, SEPT 21, 1981.

  • Deposit

    UNPUBLISHED REPORTS TO STOCKHOLDERS, 1983, NEW BEGINNINGS RESOURCES, INC.

  • Deposit

    NBMG MAP 84, 1983, ACTIVE MINES AND OIL FIELDS

  • Deposit

    STATE DIVISION OF MINE INSPECTION, 1983, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1983.

  • Deposit

    NBMG, 1994, MI-1993

  • Reserve-Resource

    NBMG MI-1993

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GOLD- AND SILVER-BEARING QUARTZ VEINS WERE DISCOVERED AT THIS SITE DURING THE EARLY 1860'S. PRODUCTION HAS BEEN ERRATIC, WITH PEAKS DURING 1865-71 AND 1937-41. THE ORE OCCURS AS POCKETS AND VEINLIKE MASSES OF QUARTZ ALONG A SILICIFIED ZONE IN LIMESTONE AT THE TOP OF A LOWER CAMBRIAN MAP UNIT. THE ORE ZONE TRENDS EAST AND IN GENERAL, DIPS 20DGE-30DGE N, CONFORMABLE TO THE HOST ROCKS. IT FORMS A PROMINENT AOUTCROP, RANGES FROM 3 TO 8 FEET IN THICKENSS, AND IS TRACEABLE FOR MORE THAN A MILE ALONG STRIKE. THE MINE IS DEVELOPED BY ABOUT 3000 FT OF WORKINGS INCLUDING TWO 700-FT ADITS. .SEVERAL UNPUBLISHED COMPANY REPORTS FROM NEW BEGINNINGS RESOURCES INC (ONE OF THE JOINT VENTURE PARTNERS) IN AUG-SEPT, 1983, REPORT DEVELOPMENT PROGRESS EXTENDING UNDERGROUND WORKINGS UNDER THE OLD VICTORINE MINE. THEY ALSO REPORT HOMESTAKE MINING CO ACTIVELY PROSPECTING BRAZOS GROUND, THE OLD KRONDIKE MINE AREA ADJOINING THE VICTORINE, ACROSS THE CANYON, TO THE WEST ALONG THE SAME STRUCTURE .SEVERAL
Deposit UNPUBLISHED COMPANY REPORTS FROM NEW BEGINNINGS RESOURCES INC (ONE OF THE JOINT VENTURE PARTNERS) IN AUG-SEPT, 1983, REPORT DEVELOPMENT PROGRESS EXTENDING UNDERGROUND WORKINGS UNDER THE OLD VICTORINE MINE. THEY ALSO REPORT HOMESTAKE MINING CO ACTIVELY PROSPECTING BRAZOS GROUND, THE OLD KRONDIKE MINE AREA ADJOINING THE VICTORINE, ACROSS THE CANYON, TO THE WEST ALONG THE SAME STRUCTURE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
Deposit GOLD-AND SILVER-BEARING QUARTZ VEINS. THE ORE OCCURS AS POCKETS AND VEINLIKES MASSES OF QUARTZ ALONG A SILICIFIED ZONE IN LIMESTONE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1981 Flynn, Patricia Dodd Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-NOV-1984 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Moyer, Lorre A.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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