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Fairview Mine

Occurrence in Gila county in Arizona, United States with commodity Uranium
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027096
MRDS ID M002000
Record type Site
Current site name Fairview Mine
Related records 10113076

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.07681, 33.88035 (WGS84)
Elevation 1890
Relative position ABOUT 15 MILES NNE OF ROOSEVELT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gila(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Copper Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Theodore Roosevelt Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mesa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Salt(hydrologic unit)

Salt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Salt(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Tonto 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 Arizona Gila

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 006N 012E 12 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Analytical data

Result 0.5 TO 5.0 MR PER HOUR

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Dripping Springs Quartzite
    Rock description Dripping Springs Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.07681, 33.88035
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Thickness 0.46M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Four Peaks District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Tonto National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION RECORD

Comments on the workings information

  • PROPERTY HAS BEEN DEVELOPED BY AN OPEN CUT, A SMALL PIT, AND A BULLDOZED AREA

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GRANGER, H.C., RAUP, R.B., 1959, URANIUM DEPOSITS IN THE DRIPPING SPRING QUARTZITE, GILA COUNTY ARIZONA: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1046-P, P. 474.

  • Deposit

    SCHWARTZ, R.J., 1978, URANIUM OCCURRENCES OF GILA COUNTY, ARIZONA: US ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION, OCTOBER 1957 ; RME-2071, P. 24.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1979 Hall, R. K. (Creasey, S. C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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