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Fairview Eagle

Past Producer in Churchill county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Manganese, Mercury
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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. Geologic structures
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103918
MRDS ID M231014
Record type Site
Current site name Fairview Eagle
Alternate or previous names Eagle Vein

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.17068, 39.24435 (WGS84)

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
Mount Diablo 016N 034E 17 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Manganese Critical Tertiary
Mercury Tertiary

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation To 75 Ft Deep

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 Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault Zone

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Quartz Vein, Fault Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • LARGE AMOUNTS OF RHODOCHROSITE, RHODONITE, CALCITE, PYROLUSITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Fairview District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • THIS PROPERTY ADJOINED THE NEVADA HILLS MINE ON THE NORTHEAST. IT OPENED UP SHIPPING ORE IN SEVERAL PLACES, AND ON THE 200-FOOT LEVEL IT HAD A 15-FOOT VEIN CONSISTING MOSTLY OF SULFIDE ORE THAT RAN $50 TO THE TON IN SILVER AND GOLD, AND A 2-FOOT ORE SHOOT THAT RAN $700/TON. TWENTY HOISTS WERE BEING OPERATED IN 1907. (SCHRADER, P 65). THE VEIN VARIES IN WIDTH FROM 2 TO OVER 40 FEET AND CROPS OUT OVER A DISTANCE OF 900 FT. MINERALIZATION IS FROM THE SECOND PERIOD OF MINERALIZATION IN THE REGION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER, F C, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON THE CARSON SINK AREA, NEVADA, 1947, NBMG FILES

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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