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Nevada Fairview Mine

Past Producer in Churchill 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. Alteration
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103917
MRDS ID M231008
Record type Site
Current site name Nevada Fairview Mine
Alternate or previous names Snyder Mine, Gold Coin Mine ?

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.19874, 39.17574 (WGS84)
Elevation 1661

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Churchill(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bell Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fallon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dixie Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Churchill

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
015N 034E Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification; Mn-Oxide Stain

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) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.19874, 39.17574
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Fairview District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • THE WORKINGS EXPLORE BRECCIATED AND SILICIFIED DACITE WHERE INTRUSIVE DACITE CUTS SILICIC TUFFS. THE LODE STRIKES ABOUT N 20 DEG E AND DIPS STEEPLY TO THE EAST. SILICIFICATION HAS PRODUCED CRYPTOCRYSTALLINE QUARTZ REPLACING BRECCIATED ROCK AND CALCITE. THE PROPERTY CONTAINS ABOUT 1200 FEET OF UNDERGROUND WORKINGS. SULFIDES ARE FOUND BELOW THE 100-FOOT LEVEL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER, F C, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON THE CARSON SINK AREA, NEVADA, 1947, NBMG FILES.

  • Deposit

    WILLDEN, RONALD, AND SPEED, R C, 1974, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CHURCHILL COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL 83.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1980 Flynn, Patricia Dodd Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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