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Fairview Mine

Occurrence in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, Silver
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026262
MRDS ID K003375
Record type Site
Current site name Fairview Mine
Alternate or previous names Nevada Lead Mine, Robison Mine
Related records 10197980

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.63834, 38.15552 (WGS84)
Elevation 1890
Relative position 25 MILES NW OF PIOCHE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fairview Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wilson Creek Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lund(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dry Lake Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 003N;004N 065E;065E 01;36 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED AREA. UTM IS TO THE SHAFT MARKED ROBISON MINE ON THE TOPO MAP, ONE OF MANY WORKINGS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MAIN OPERATION CLOSED IN 1958, AFTER MANY YEARS AS A MAJOR PRODUCER OF LEAD, SILVER AND ZINC WITH SOME COPPER AND A LITTLE GOLD. DISTRICT HAS PRODUCED LEAD AND SILVER MOST OF TIME SINCE ABOUT 1870, WITH PEAK IN 1915-20 AND IN LATE 1930S TO 1940, LOW IN 1929-32; ALL ZINC PRODUCTION SINCE 1910. (MCKNIGHT, 1960?, UNPUBLISHED DATA.)

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore

Analytical data

Result REPORTEDLY CONTAINED 20 % PB NEAR SURFACE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.63834, 38.15552
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Highland Thrust Plate
Type of structure Local
Structure description Faulted Devonian (?) Thrust (?) Plate

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N-S TO NE
    Dip ABOUT 55 E
    Thickness 4.27M
    Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • NE TRENDING QUARTZ VEIN IN SHEARED ROCK. CONTAINED 20% PB THROUGH 14 FOOT THICKNESS NEAR THE SURFACE, LEAN AT DEPTH
  • ORES ARE: (1) BEDDED REPLACEMENT DEPOSITS IN CAMBRIAN, DEVONIAN, AND MISSISSIPPIAN LIMESTONE, DOLOMITE, OR HORNFELS, AT INTERSECTIONS WITH FISSURES; (2) REPLACEMENT PIPES CROSSCUTTING BEDDING OF MISSISSIPPIAN LIMESTONE BENEATH SHALE; AND (3) FISSURE FILLING WITH REPLACEMENT OF BRECCIA ALONG FISSURES IN LIMESTONE (AS ABOVE) AND MISSISSIPPIAN QUARTZITE. IGNEOUS ROCKS ARE SMALL STOCKS, DIKES, AND SILLS OF MONZONITE, MONZONITE PORPHYRY AND RHYOLITE; ALL OF TERTIARY (EOCENE ?) AGE. CONSIDERABLE OXIDIZED ORE WAS MINED IN EARLY DAYS. (MCKNIGHT, 1960?, UNPUBLISHED DATA.)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1882
Year of first production 1922

Mining district

District name Bristol-Jackrabbit District; Fairview-Silverhorn Area.

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner D. C. Robinson
    First year 1922
    Last year 1932
  • Type Owner
    Owner Ellis (Estate)
    Home office Salt Lake City, Ut.
    First year 1932

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY 52 DEG INCLINED SHAFT AND LEVELS AT 193 AND 420 FEET; NEARBY SHAFTS ARE 50 & 75 FEET DEEP

Comments on development

  • NOTHING BUT ASSESSMENT WORK DONE UNTIL 1922 WHEN IT WAS DEVELOPED BY D. C. ROBINSON.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TSCHANTZ CM & PAINPEYAN EH, 1970, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LINCOLN CO, NEV BUR MINES

  • Deposit

    WESTGATE LG & KNOPF,A, 1932, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE PIOCHE DISTRICT, USGS PROF PAPER 171 BULL 73

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEIN IN ALTERED AND SHEARED DOLOMITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1980 Harner, Joy L. (Roberts, Ralph J.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1985 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) U.S. Geological Survey

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