Fairview Prospect

Past Producer in Graham county in Arizona, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Gold, Copper, Molybdenum
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098427
MRDS ID M050101
Record type Site
Current site name Fairview Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.36346, 32.96649 (WGS84)
Elevation 1448
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position 4000 FT NW OF ARAVAIPA ON LINE BETWEEN SECTIONS 25 & 26

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Graham(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cobre Grande Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mammoth(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower San Pedro(hydrologic unit)

San Pedro-Willcox(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)

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

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Graham

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 005S 019E 25,26 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary
Copper Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Wulfenite Ore
Amethyst Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.36346, 32.96649

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Block Faulting Trending Nnw; Minor Pre-Cretaceous E And Ne Trending Folds
Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N
    Dip 80E
    Thickness 0.91M
    Length 76.2M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • HORSE MOUNTAIN VOLCANICS MAY BE EQUIVALENT TO GALIURO VOLCANICS; V ERY SCARCE WULFENITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Aravaipa District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Athletic Mining Co. Charles Bush And Paul Morrill
    First year 1950

Comments on the production information

  • 5 CARLOADS PB-AG-AU ORE

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 COMPARTMENT SHAFT, DEPTH UNKNOWN; OPEN CUT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SIMONS, 1964, USGS PP 461, 173 P.

  • Deposit

    ROSS, 1925, USGS BULL. 763, 120 P.

  • Deposit

    DENTON, 1947, USBM RI 4007

  • Deposit

    WILSON, 1950, ABM BULL 156

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS REPORT REPRESENTS A MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORD M050101 WITH RE CORD M030453 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE; CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEOD ORE, USGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-83 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Arizona resources

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