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Victory and Eldorado Mines

Past Producer in Gila county in Arizona, United States with commodity Asbestos
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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. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102482
MRDS ID M003012
Record type Site
Current site name Victory and Eldorado Mines
Alternate or previous names Western Chemical Co. Mines, El Dorado, Chyrsotile
Related records 10136513

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.5743, 33.72536 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524
Relative position ABOUT 35 MILES NORTH OF GLOBE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gila(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chrysotile(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Seneca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mesa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Salt(hydrologic unit)

Salt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Salt(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Tonto 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 Arizona Gila

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 4N 017E 34 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • AREA IS UNSURVEYED.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Asbestos Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysotile Ore
Serpentine Gangue

Analytical data

Result MOST OF THE ASBESTOS PRODUCED FROM THE VICTORY MINE WAS SOFT AND OF GOOD TENSILE STRENGTH. HOWEVER, SOME AREAS CONTAINED FIBER THAT WAS FAIRLY HARSH. THE FIBER PRODUCED FROM THE EL DORADO MINE WAS SOFT AND OF GOOD TENSILE STRENGTH. ONLY OCCASIONAL LENSES OF SEMISOFT TO FAIRLY HARSH FIBER WERE ENCOUNTERED. IN THE OTHER DEPOSITS SOME SOFT FIBER WAS RECOVERED, BUT MUCH OF IT WAS HARSH.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Mescal Limestone
    Rock description Mescal Lst

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.5743, 33.72536
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description A Major Normal Fault In The Area Of The Eldorado Mine Strikes N 70 W With An Average Dip Of 65 Deg. S., Displacing The South Portion Approximately 15 Feet Down.

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Dip 05 NE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Asbestos-Bearing Zones Occur In The Bedding Of The Lower Member At Three Constant Intervals. The Topmost Zone Is Immediately Under The Base Of The Algal Limestone, And Lower Zones Occur At 33 And 39 Feet Stratigraphically Lower In The Section.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Salt River District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Tonto National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Jaquays Mining Corp.

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION RECORD

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 548.64M
    Overall width 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE VICTORY DEPOSIT WAS ORIGINALY WORKED BY THREE DRIFTS. THE ELDORADO MINE IS WORKED BY SEVERAL ADITS, DRIFTS, AND STOPES. OTHER WORKINGS CONSIST OF 20 ADITS THAT EXPLOIT SEVERAL DEPOSITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STEWART, L.A., 1955, CHRYSOTILE-ASBESTOS DEPOSITS OF ARIZONA: USBM INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7706, P. 27.

  • Deposit

    WILSON, E.D., 1928, ASBESTOS DEPOSITS OF ARIZONA: ABM BULLETIN 126, P. 37.

  • Deposit

    "DIRECTORY OF ACTIVE MINES IN ARIZONA," ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES, JAN. 1982, P. 14.

  • Deposit

    "MINERALS AVAILABILITY SYSTEM: ARIZONA ASBESTOS," ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES, JUNE 1976.

  • Deposit

    PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERALS CARD FILE.

  • Deposit

    PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE VICTORY DEPOSIT IS THE SITE OF THE DISCOVERY THAT WAS THE PRELUDE TO EXTENSIVE PROSPECTING FOR ASBESTOS. THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD TC10366 OF T.M. WELLS WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MAIN MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1979 Hall, R. K. (Creasey, S. C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1993 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

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