Fairview Mine

Past Producer in Madison county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Manganese
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. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  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 10019951
MRDS ID DC12031
Record type Site
Current site name Fairview Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.0892, 45.53018 (WGS84)
Elevation 2042
Relative position 6.5 MILES NE OF SHERIDAN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Noble Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ruby(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Beaverhead-Deerlodge 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 Montana Madison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 003S 004W 31,32 Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Tobacco Root Quartz Monzonite, Outlier
    Rock description Tobacco Root Quartz Monzonite, Outlier
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble
    Rock unit name Cherry Creek Series, Limestone-Marble
    Rock description Cherry Creek Series, Limestone-Marble

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.0892, 45.53018

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Tobacco Root Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description N 30 E Trending Joints And Folds.

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR, LENS LIKE
    Strike N 30 E
    Dip 45 NW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures, Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Sheridan (Wisconsin Creek) District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Henry Stine
    Home office Twin Bridges
    First year 1959
  • Type Owner
    Owner Hall (Estate), Sheridan, F. Gilbert, Butte
    First year 1935

Comments on the production information

  • OWNER REPORTS- ORE IN BOTTOM OF WINZE IN INTERMEDIATE LEVEL ASSAYS 2-2 1/2 OZ/TON.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 762M

Comments on the workings information

  • 400 FT N25W ADIT (CAVED, 1981) 60 FT WINZE, DRIFTS AND STOPES.

Comments on development

  • GARDNER-DENVER COMPRESSOR, MACHINE DRILLS TRAMWAY, MILL, POWER PLANT. WINCHELL (1914) REPORTS MINE INACTIVE SINCE 1906.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BERGER, R.H, 1967, BEDROCK GEOLOGY OF THE SHERIDAN DISTRICT, MADISON COUNTY, MONTANA; MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY MEMOIR 41, P. 17

  • Deposit

    GILBERT, F.C., 1935, DIRECTORY OF MINING PROPERTIES: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, MEMOIR 15, P. 48

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM 9, P. 42.

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 574, P. 135.

  • Deposit

    1914 RECON WINCHELL, A.N., U.S. GEOL. SUR. BULLETIN 57

  • Production

    MBMG MEMOIR 15, U.S. B.M. I.C. 6972.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORESHOOT CONTROLLED BY SHEAR ZONES PARALLELING FOLIATION OF MARBLE BED. MARBLE FORMS FOOTWALL, GNEISS FORMS HANGING WALL.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1982 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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