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Fairday Mine

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10270807
MAS/MILS ID 0320230131
Record type Site
Current site name Fairday Mine
Alternate or previous names Fairday Nos. 1-7 Claims

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -116.8176, 37.69435 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cactus Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cactus Flat(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Cactus-Sarcobatus Flats(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

DOD(Federal land areas administered by DOD)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 003 S 046 E Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • NOTE: THERE IS NO LEGAL OR NARRATIVE DESCRIPTION ON THESE TWO MAPS THAT WOULD HELP PINPOINT THIS PROSPECT

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -116.8176, 37.69435
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Military Reservation

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES MINE MAP REPOSITORY (WFOC), REEL M-25,

  • Deposit

    FRAMES 487 AND 488.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-FEB-94 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Maps centered on this site

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.