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Fairview Mine

Past Producer in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  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 10042431
MRDS ID M060227
Record type Site
Current site name Fairview Mine
Alternate or previous names Hawkes Prospect, Gold Reef Calims, Fairview Group, NBMG Sample Site 2819
Related records 10208131

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.79516, 40.4535 (WGS84)
Elevation 1585
Relative position 2 MI. S. OF SEVEN TROUGHS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Seven Troughs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Granite Springs Valley(hydrologic unit)

Truckee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 030N 028E 25 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ON SOUTH SIDE OF CANYON

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Proustite Ore
Silver Ore
Stephanite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result TO 0.26 OZ/ST AU IN DRILLING INTERVALS. SAMPLE 2819 OF SULFIDE-BEARING BRECCIA FROM BULLDOZED DUMPS CONTAINS 7 % FE, 2 % MG, 2 % CA, 0.5 % TI, 1000 PPM MN, 100 PPM AG, 0.25 PPM AU, BY AA ANALYSIS, 20 PPM B, 1000 PPM BA, 1 PPM BE, 30 PPM CO, 15 PPM CR, 150 PPM CU, 20 PPM NI, 30 PPM PB, 15 PPM SC, 200 PPM SR, 200 PPM V, 20 PPM Y, AND 150 PPM ZR.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 150
USGS model code 25c
Deposit model name Epithermal vein, Comstock
Mark3 model number 16

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.79516, 40.4535
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N63E
    Dip 60-22S (FLATTENS WITH DEPTH)

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE FAIRVIEW MINE IS LOCATED ON HARD BASALT. BRIGHT YELLOW GOLD INTERLAMINATED WITH QUARTZ OR ENVELOPING FRAGMENTS OF COUNTRY ROCK CAN BE SEEN. THE VEINS IN THE AREA CONSIST OF SOFT CRUSHED MATERIAL THAT REPRESENT ZONES OF BRECCIATION OR SMALL FISSURES ALONG WHICH MOVEMENT HAS CONTINUED SINCE SPACES ORIGINALLY FORMED WERE FILLED WITH QUARTZ.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1907
Year of first production 1907

Mining district

District name Seven Troughs District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Sunatco Development Corp. (Optionor)
    Interest 50
    First year 1985
  • Type Owner
    Owner Teriton Resources Ltd. (Venturer)
    Interest 50
    First year 1985

Comments on development

  • FROM DON MEISSNER WHO ORIGINALLY STAKED THEM IN 1960, WITH A $2500 FINDERS FEE PAID TO JUE MORRIS OF MINA, NV. IN 1985, FURTHER CLAIMS WERE STAKED AND EXTENSIVE SAMPLING WAS DONE. MAPPING AND TRENCHING ARE TO BE FOLLOWED BY MORE RC DRILLING. SEVERAL DRILL HOLES ENCOUNTERED INTERVALS RUNNING 0.06 TO 0.26 OZ/ST AU.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULLETIN 89.

  • Deposit

    RANSOME, 1909, MINING DISTRICTS IN HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA; USGS BULLETIN 414.

  • Deposit

    MINESEARCH ANNUAL 1984-85, VOL. VII, P. 222-224; METALS ECONOMICS GROUP, BOULDER, COLORADO.

  • Deposit

    VARIOUS PRESS CLIPPINGS, 1984-85. #5. QUADE, JACK, 6 SEP 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

  • Production

    JOHNSON, M.G., 1977.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OPENED SOON AFTER MAZUMA HILLS MINE AROUND 1907. FAIRVIEW MINE IS LOCATED HALFWAY DOWN A CANYON THAT STARTS AT A SADDLE SOUTH OF SEVEN TROUGHS, RUNS SOUTH THEN TURNS SOUTHEAST EMBOUCHING AT VERNON. ADJOINING THE FAIRVIEW WORKINGS ON THE NORTH IS THE HARRIS LEASE WITH A 185 FT. SHAFT. IN THE UPPER PART OF THE CANYON IS THE DIXIE QUEEN SHAFT AND THE CLEGHORN CONSOLIDATED AND SIGNAL TUNNELS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1973 Johnson, Maureen G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1987 La Pointe, D.D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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