Fairview Mine

Past Producer in Powell county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Lead, Copper, Antimony, Arsenic, Tellurium
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. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  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 10015890
MRDS ID DB02168
Record type Site
Current site name Fairview Mine
Alternate or previous names Coulson Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.54729, 46.68184 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position 10 KM NNE OF AVON.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Powell(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ophir Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Elliston(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Clark Fork(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Powell

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 011N 008W 25 NE OF NW Montana

Comments on the location information

  • AT THE FOOT OF THE MOUNTAINS ABOUT 0.3 KM W OF THE GHOST TOWN OF BLACKFOOT CITY.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Lead Secondary
Copper Secondary
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary
Tellurium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericitized, Kaolinized

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Butte Quartz Monzonite (Boulder Batholith)
    Rock description Butte Quartz Monzonite (Boulder Batholith)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.54729, 46.68184

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith

Ore body information

  • Dip 60 SSE
    Width 1.22M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Brecciated Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1889
Discoverer Coulson Brothers

Mining district

District name Ophir District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Jan Bunton
    Home office Avon Mt., 59713

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 83.82M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT, OPERATIONS SUSPENDED DUE TO EXCESSIVE UNDERGROUND WATER

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 98, P. 30, 62.

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 842, P. 32.

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 109.

  • Production

    MBMG BULL 98, P. 62; USGS BULL 842, P. 52-3.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit . THE VEIN IS VUGGY, CRUDELY BANDED OR STREAKED AND COMPOSED OF FINE-GRAINED PYRITIFEROUS QUARTZ AND FINELY BRECCIATED WALL ROCK WHICH HAS BEEN LARGELY REPLACED BY QUARTZ.
Deposit SAID TO BE WORTH FURTHER DEVELOPMENT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1979 Elliott, James E. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1981 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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