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Fairday Mine

Occurrence in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Gold
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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. 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. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046735
MRDS ID M241938
Record type Site
Current site name Fairday Mine
Alternate or previous names Fairday Nos. 1, 7 and Wanetta No. 4 Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.82868, 37.70912 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position LOCATION APPROXIMATE

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)

Ralston-Stone Cabin Valleys(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 003S 046E 04 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 27 MILES DUE EAST OF GOLDFIELD OR 35 MILES SE OF TONOPAH, ONE MILE FROM CACTUS SPRING

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result VEIN MATERIAL ASSAYED .04 OZ/T AU AND 14.76 OZ/T AG. ANOTHER RAN 0.10 OZ/T AU
Result 53.80 OZ/T AG.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.82868, 37.70912
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Veins Are Cut By Faults

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike NE-SW; N70E
    Dip 80 SE
    Length 914.4M
  • General form TABULAR
    Dip 80 SE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Veins Appear To Parallel Contact Between Rhyolite And Diorite Porphyry.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cactus Spring District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner M. E. Bailey And Assocs Of Goldfield
    First year 1915

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 45.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • 4 SHAFT, DRIFTS, WINZES, OPEN CUTS, CROSS CUTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STOTESBURY, H.W., 1915, REPORT ON FAIRDAY PROPERTY, CACTUS RANGE: NBMG FILE 219, ITEM 1

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEVERAL VEINS. MAIN VEIN HAS 2 BRANCHES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-83 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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