Fairview Lode Mine

Occurrence in Santa Fe county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Copper, Silver
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. Land status
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014820
MRDS ID D011788
Record type Site
Current site name Fairview Lode Mine
Alternate or previous names Mine: Kunklin Red Bed Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.745, 35.61395 (WGS84)
Elevation 2469
Relative position ABOUT 12.8 MILES S 68 E OF SANTA FE, NM.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Santa Fe(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pecos(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Santa Fe(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Santa Fe(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Pecos Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

Upper Pecos(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Pecos(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Santa Fe 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 New Mexico Santa Fe

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 016N 011E 14 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS ACCURATE FOR THE FAIRVIEW LODE MINE SHOWN ON THE PECOS QUADRANGLE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Malachite Ore
Silver Ore

Analytical data

Result A SAMPLE FROM THE PORTAL ASSAYED 3.26 % CU, AND 0.6 OZ. AG.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Sangre De Cristo Formation
    Rock description Sangre De Cristo Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.745, 35.61395

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Glorieta Creek Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form LENS
    Strike NORTHWEST
    Dip GENTLY WESTWARD
    Thickness 1.52M
    Length 15.24M
    Width 6.1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Favorable Beds

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1910

Mining district

District name Glorieta District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 9.14M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS IN 1954 CONSISTED OF TWO ADITS AND SOME SURFACE PITS. THERE WAS A CRUDE TRAMWAY TO TRANSPORT THE ORE APPROXIMATELY 150 FEET. IT HAD A CAPACITY OF 50 POUNDS OF ORE PER TRIP.

Comments on development

  • OWNERSHIP OF THESE CLAIMS IS UNKNOWN. LINDGREN (1910, P.112) IS THE FIRST TO REPORT WORKINGS IN THE AREA.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W., L.C. GRATON AND C.H. GORDON, 1910, USGS PP 68, P. 112.

  • Deposit

    SOULE, J.H., 1956, USBM IC 7740, P. 32-35.

  • Deposit

    ELSTON, W.E., 1967, NMBMMR BULL 81, P. 36

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GEOLOGIC MAP GM-24, 1972

  • Deposit

    USGS GEOLOGIC MAP GQ-1110, 1973

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1984 Murray, Diane New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

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

External references