Fairplay Mine

Past Producer in Cascade county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc
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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10245444
MAS/MILS ID 0300130012
Record type Site
Current site name Fairplay Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -110.72144, 46.94521 (WGS84)
Elevation 6900
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cascade(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Neihart(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

White Sulphur Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

White Sulphur Springs(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Belt(hydrologic unit)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri-Marias(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Cascade

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 014 N 008 E 28 NENWSW Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cerussite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Limonite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Silver Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -110.72144, 46.94521

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Area 1.4HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 1.3999
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Neihart Mining District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Robert E. And Harry Lebeau
    Interest 100
    Home office California
    Year 1978

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MONTANA DEPARMTNET OF STATE LANDS. ABANDONED HARDROCK MINES

  • Deposit

    PRIORITY SITES, SUMMARY REPORT, MARCH 1994, P. 5-36.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES IC 7589, P. 37.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Environmental Factors THERE WERE NO TAILINGS AT THIS SITE. ONE DISCHARGING ADIT WAS IDENTIFIED; THE PH MEASUREMENT WAS 6.09. THE MAXIMUM CONTAMINANT LEVEL FOR CADMIUM WAS EXCEEDED IN THE ADIT DISCHARGE. WASTE ROCK WAS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 40 FEET FROM AN UNNAMED TRIBUTARY TO ROCK CREEK. AN OBSERVED RELEASE TO THE UNNAMED TRIBUTARY (SEDIMENT) WAS DOCUMENTED FOR MERCURY.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 30-SEP-94 O'Brien, Mary Ann U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references