Fairview Mine

Past Producer in Laramie county in Wyoming, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold
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. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10100266
MRDS ID W032902
MAS/MILS ID 0560210038
Record type Site
Current site name Fairview Mine
Included sites Silver Crown District

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -105.192, 41.178 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position Labeled on pl. 1 of Klein (1974, PR-14), transferred to topo GIS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Laramie(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hecla(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Laramie(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cheyenne(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Crow(hydrologic unit)

South Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Laramie

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 014N 070W 13 W2 of SW of SW Wyoming

Comments on the location information

  • WEST OF THE COMSTOCK MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Gold Ore
Silver Ore

Analytical data

Result ALL ARGENTIFEROUS

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Sherman Granite
    Rock description Sherman Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -105.192, 41.178

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Laramie Range, A N-S Trending Asymmetrical Anticline
Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults, Shear Zones

Ore body information

  • Width 4.27M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Structure

Comments on the geologic information

  • AU IN SULFIDES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Silver Crown District

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 6.1M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Klein, Terry, 1974, Geology and mineral deposits of the Silver Crown mining district, Laramie County, Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming, Preliminary Report No. 14, 27 p., 2 pls.

  • Deposit

    Osterwald and others, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: GSW BULL 50, P. 55.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-84 Palm, Michael L. (Barari, Rachel A.) South Dakota Geological Survey
Editor 04-AUG-11 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey MAS 0560210038 = newMRDS 10133099, merged and deleted.
Reporter 18-NOV-83 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines MAS 0560210038 = newMRDS 10133099

Beyond USGS

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

External references