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Arizona · Pima County

Victoria Mine

Multiple Sources Confirmed Copper Underground

Key facts

State
Arizona
County
Pima
Development status
Past Producer
Mine type
Underground
Primary commodity
Copper
Verification
Multiple Sources Confirmed

Also known as

  • La Americana, Ortega

Mine Location

Approximate Area

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Documented underground workings

  • Winze — documented in 20 source records, noting 300 ft level, 100 ft winze, 400 ft level.
    Arizona Geological Survey / ADMMR — "Victoria Mine"
  • Level — documented in 12 source records, noting 4 ft long, 100 ft winze, 20 ft.
    Arizona Geological Survey / ADMMR — "Victoria Mine"
  • Incline — documented in 4 source records.
    Arizona Geological Survey / ADMMR — "Victoria Mine"
  • Shaft — documented in 2 source records, noting 318 ft deep.
    Arizona Geological Survey / ADMMR — "Victoria Mine"
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Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.

  • Incline
    Documented in Arizona Geological Survey / ADMMR PDF (“Victoria Mine”). Evidence: PDF: anager should have proceeded to sink an incline shaft, follovling the vein through the oxidiz…
  • Incline
    Documented in Arizona Geological Survey / ADMMR PDF (“Victoria Mine”). Evidence: PDF: ention t o the fact, that in sinking an incline stuaft on the vein; that the ore yati pL ce o…
  • Level · length 4
    Documented in Arizona Geological Survey / ADMMR PDF (“Victoria Mine”). Evidence: PDF: tle leadsilver 0 Burnham said there are 4 levels at intervals of 100 feet. The shaft goes 20…
  • Level · length 400
    Documented in Arizona Geological Survey / ADMMR PDF (“Victoria Mine”). Evidence: PDF: for a short while thereafter. below the 400 level 'with reportedly poor res1;il.ts. I . . • H…
  • Level · length 300
    Documented in Arizona Geological Survey / ADMMR PDF (“Victoria Mine”). Evidence: PDF: copper at 150 ' feet and over 6 %at the 300 level. Gold is fairly consi~tent in the shipment…
  • Level · length 300
    Documented in Arizona Geological Survey / ADMMR PDF (“Victoria Mine”). Evidence: PDF: uch of the known better ore down to the 300 level is reported to have been :r~~oved, ythe fut…
  • Level · length 300
    Documented in Arizona Geological Survey / ADMMR PDF (“Victoria Mine”). Evidence: PDF: a;- variati0ns Were present down to the 300 level. ~amc..· . No sulphide copper, · of consequ…
  • Level · length 300
    Documented in Arizona Geological Survey / ADMMR PDF (“Victoria Mine”). Evidence: PDF: . & Type 400 feet in a v-rinze in tfl.8 300 level south drift. Operations: Present S88 synops…
  • Shaft · depth 318 ft
    Documented in Arizona Geological Survey / ADMMR PDF (“Victoria Mine”). Evidence: PDF: the last 25 years. It is developed by a shaft 318 feet deep on vein and extracted shipping or…
  • Winze
    Documented in Arizona Geological Survey / ADMMR PDF (“Victoria Mine”). Evidence: PDF: below the 300 foot level and a 100 foot winze connects with the 400 foot levelo Over 1000 fee…
  • Winze
    Documented in Arizona Geological Survey / ADMMR PDF (“Victoria Mine”). Evidence: PDF: res1;il.ts. I . . • He sunk a 70-foot winze \ Later Bert Long sunk a new shaftbu,t failed to…
  • Winze
    Documented in Arizona Geological Survey / ADMMR PDF (“Victoria Mine”). Evidence: PDF: uence has been ene ountered except in a winze below the 300 le.vel but the character of these…
  • Winze
    Documented in Arizona Geological Survey / ADMMR PDF (“Victoria Mine”). Evidence: PDF: ht~~s.ve up; lea.ving the walste in the winze .... They t~~ka~a;f all the eqttipmEH4t., e#~;n…
  • Winze
    Documented in Arizona Geological Survey / ADMMR PDF (“Victoria Mine”). Evidence: PDF: said it aue from the lJ~t, t'll of the winze. -On a. preTieu8 visi t,in 1936 they told me, th…
  • Winze
    Documented in Arizona Geological Survey / ADMMR PDF (“Victoria Mine”). Evidence: PDF: o'88 the vein a.t /the o$ttemef .t .n e winze, tb$n/ '1~ " ~" " 7' , down andaoout370 feet fr…
  • Winze
    Documented in Arizona Geological Survey / ADMMR PDF (“Victoria Mine”). Evidence: PDF: ty thousand dollars: The lessees sunk a winze in the 300' level drift some 90 feet below wate…
  • Winze
    Documented in Arizona Geological Survey / ADMMR PDF (“Victoria Mine”). Evidence: PDF: d they gave up leaving the waste in the winze and took away all the equipment,even the headfr…
  • Winze
    Documented in Arizona Geological Survey / ADMMR PDF (“Victoria Mine”). Evidence: PDF: and said it came from the bottom of the winze. On a previous visit in 1936 they told me they…
  • Winze
    Documented in Arizona Geological Survey / ADMMR PDF (“Victoria Mine”). Evidence: PDF: ar across the vein at the bottom of the winze, then 70 feet down and about 370 feet from the…
  • Incline
    Victoria Mine
  • Incline
    Victoria Mine
  • Winze
    Victoria Mine
  • Winze
    Victoria Mine
  • Winze
    Victoria Mine
  • Winze
    Victoria Mine
  • Winze
    Victoria Mine
  • Winze
    Victoria Mine
  • Winze
    Victoria Mine
  • Winze
    Victoria Mine
  • Winze
    Victoria Mine
  • Winze
    Victoria Mine
  • Level — 300
    Victoria Mine
  • Level — 300
    Victoria Mine
  • Level — 300
    Victoria Mine
  • Level — 300
    Victoria Mine
  • Level — 400
    Victoria Mine
  • Level — 4
    Victoria Mine
  • Shaft — 318 ft
    Victoria Mine
  • Derived from MRDS oper_type (existing operation): Underground
  • MRDS oper_type documents existing underground operation (dev_stat=Past Producer): Underground · oper_type

Verification

Multiple Sources Confirmed

Independent historical source evidence corroborates underground workings.

Why confirmed?

Confirmed by independent Arizona Geological Survey / ADMMR historical documentation describing underground workings, in addition to USGS MRDS catalog eligibility. Not a member field verification.

Why it's listed

USGS source data documents underground workings for this record.

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History & operations

Historical record

  • Development status: Past Producer

Commodities & minerals

Access & recent conditions

Land
unknown

Community reports

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Sources & evidence

USGS Mineral Resources Data System

Type: Historical mine record

Supports:

  • mine identity
  • development status
  • commodities
  • underground eligibility evidence

Arizona Geological Survey / ADMMR

Type: Historical mine documents

Record: 1 historical document

Supports:

  • historical mine identity
  • historical mine documentation
  • documented workings

Victoria Mine

Historical documentation does not imply current access or open workings.

AZGS Mining Info

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