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Fairview

Past Producer in Nevada county in California, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver
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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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  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 10102945
MRDS ID M011713
Record type Site
Current site name Fairview
Alternate or previous names Calumet, California Mining Co.
Related records 10115645

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.82159, 39.36628 (WGS84)
Elevation 1318
Relative position 2 1/2 MILES WEST OF WASHINGTON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nevada(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Washington(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Truckee(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Yuba(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Tahoe 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 California Nevada

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 17N 10E 02 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.82159, 39.36628
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 17 W
    Dip 65 W
    Thickness 3.66M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: HANGING WALL SCHIST, FOOT-WALL SERPENTINE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name N. Bloomfield .

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Fairview Mining Co. C. W. Wilson
    First year 1908

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION REPORTED; REPORTED VALUES OF CU 1.1 %, AU $4 AND AG 16 %

Comments on the workings information

  • 375 FT. ADIT ON VEIN GIVING 170 FT. OF BACKS OPEN CUT ON HILL WORKED FOR GOLD

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C.A., 1941 , TABLE OF QUARTZ MINES AND PROSPECTS, NEVADA COUNTY; 37 TH REPT. STATE MIN.; CALIF. DIV. OF MINES, P. 451

  • Deposit

    MAC BOYLE, E., 1918 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA COUNTY: 16 TH REPT. STATE MIN.; CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 168

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, V 2, P. 31

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit COMPRISED OF 160 ACRES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1978 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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