| Deposit ID | 10019951 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DC12031 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Fairview Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.0892, 45.53018 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2042 |
| Relative position | 6.5 MILES NE OF SHERIDAN. |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Montana | Madison |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montana Principal | 003S | 004W | 31,32 | Montana |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Zinc Critical | Primary |
| Manganese Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Galena | Ore |
| 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 | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| 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 |
| (1) | -112.0892, 45.53018 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Tobacco Root Batholith |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | N 30 E Trending Joints And Folds. |
| General form | IRREGULAR, LENS LIKE |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 30 E |
| Dip | 45 NW |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Sheridan (Wisconsin Creek) District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Henry Stine |
| Home office | Twin Bridges |
| First year | 1959 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Hall (Estate), Sheridan, F. Gilbert, Butte |
| First year | 1935 |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 762M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DC12031 |
BERGER, R.H, 1967, BEDROCK GEOLOGY OF THE SHERIDAN DISTRICT, MADISON COUNTY, MONTANA; MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY MEMOIR 41, P. 17
GILBERT, F.C., 1935, DIRECTORY OF MINING PROPERTIES: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, MEMOIR 15, P. 48
MBMG MEM 9, P. 42.
USGS BULL 574, P. 135.
1914 RECON WINCHELL, A.N., U.S. GEOL. SUR. BULLETIN 57
MBMG MEMOIR 15, U.S. B.M. I.C. 6972.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | ORESHOOT CONTROLLED BY SHEAR ZONES PARALLELING FOLIATION OF MARBLE BED. MARBLE FORMS FOOTWALL, GNEISS FORMS HANGING WALL. |
| 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 |
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