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Alpine Fairview

Past Producer in Alpine county in California, United States with commodities Copper, Gold
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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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10028003
MRDS ID M004730
Record type Site
Current site name Alpine Fairview
Alternate or previous names Fairview
Related records 10187085

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.80072, 38.84407 (WGS84)
Elevation 2195

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alpine(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Woodfords(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Smith Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Carson(hydrologic unit)

Carson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe 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 California Alpine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 0011 019E 01 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • HALF OF THE ORE YEILDED $40/TON CU AND $4/TON AU AT SMELTER.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Ore

Analytical data

Result 30 % CU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.80072, 38.84407
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip W
    Thickness 4.57M
    Length 320.04M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissures, Channels And Pores In The Andesite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION REPORTED

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT 165 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ERIC, J.H., 1948 ; COPPER IN CALIFORNIA BULL. 144 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 212

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C.A., 1922 : SAN FRANCISCO FIELD DIV.; 18TH REPT. STATE MIN.; CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 361 - 362

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1978 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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