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Victoria Mine

Past Producer in Grant county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Fluorine-Fluorite
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  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. Production statistics
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087797
MRDS ID D009771
Record type Site
Current site name Victoria Mine
Alternate or previous names Victory Prospect, Big Trail Prospect: Claims, Victoria Nos. 1 and 2, Big Trail
Related records 10199396

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.52285, 33.05677 (WGS84)
Elevation 1471
Relative position ABOUT 24 MILES N 37 W OF SILVER CITY, 8 MILES N 30 E OF CLIFF, NM

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Canteen Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mogollon Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Clifton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Gila(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Gila 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 New Mexico Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 014S 016W 29 CENTER OF W2 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS SHOWN ON USGS MISC. GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-886. THE MINE IS ON THE SOUTH BANK OF THE GILA RIVER. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1978)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ROTHROCK, AND OTHERS, 1946, P. 94, REPORTED FOUR CHIP SAMPLES RANGING FROM 32.6 TO 76.4% CAF2 AND FROM 17.6 TO 58.8% SIO2.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.52285, 33.05677
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description N 5 E And N 30 W Trending Faults

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR, PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike MAIN VEIN N 30 W; SOUTH VEINS N 05 E
    Dip MAIN VEIN 80 NE; SOUTH VEINS, VERTICAL
    Thickness 1.52M
  • General form TABULAR, PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike MAIN VEIN N 30 W; SOUTH VEINS N 05 E
    Dip MAIN VEIN 80 NE; SOUTH VEINS, VERTICAL

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault-Fracture Structural Control.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1939
Discoverer Thomas And Edward Gutierrez
Year of first production 1944
Year of last production 1944

Mining district

District name Gila Fluorspar District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Steve Villareal And John Barker
    Home office Gila, N.M.
    First year 1944
  • Type Owner
    Owner W. J. Knighton
    Home office Silver City, N.M.
    First year 1944

Production statistics

  • Year 1944
    Period 1944
    Material ORE F
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Average Ore Grade 55% Caf2.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    CaF2 Ore Fluorine-Fluorite Fluorine 55wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 5.18M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1946 CONSISTED OF SEVERAL OPEN CUTS AND A SHALLOW SHAFT. THE WORKINGS ON THE MAIN VEIN CONSIST OF A LARGE OPEN CUT WITH A 17 FT SHAFT BENEATH THE FLOOR. SIX SMALL EXCAVATIONS (TRENCHES AND PITS) MAKE UP THE WORKINGS ON THE SOUTH VEINS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROTHROCK, H.E., JOHNSON, C.H., AND HAHN, A.D., 1946 NMBMMR BULL 21, P. 91-95

  • Deposit

    WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966 USBM IC-8307, P. 47

  • Deposit

    RATTE, J.C., AND GASKILL, D.L., 1975 USGS MISC. GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS MAP, I-886

  • Deposit

    GILLERMAN, E., 1964 NMBMMR BULL 83, P. 170-172

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

  • Production

    WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966, P. 47.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF VEINS AND FLUORSPAR-CEMENTED BRECCIA WITHIN A NORTHWEST-STRIKING FAULT ZONE. THE ZONE RANGES FROM A FEW INCHES TO 5 FT. IN THICKNESS AND CONTAINS GREEN AND WHITE, FINE TO MEDIUM GRAINED FLUORITE. THREE UNPATENTED CLAIMS IN THE 1940'S.
Deposit RECORD # D009963 BY JERRY L. HAUG HAS BEEN INCORPORATED INTO THIS RECORD. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-82 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources
Updater 01-JAN-83 Haug, Jerry L. (Worl, Ronald G.) New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources
Updater 01-FEB-90 Bolm, Karen S. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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