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Fairview Mine

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodity 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103957
MRDS ID M231733
Record type Site
Current site name Fairview Mine
Alternate or previous names Daisy Claim, Shamrock Mine, Antelope, Crescent Lease.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.06398, 38.70549 (WGS84)
Elevation 2024
Relative position 0.5 MILES EAST OF ROUND MTN PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Round Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ione Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Northern Big Smoky Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 010N 044E 20 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Alunite Gangue
Iron Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Realgar Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 150
USGS model code 25c
Deposit model name Epithermal vein, Comstock
Mark3 model number 16

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.06398, 38.70549
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description A N80w, 60s Fault

Ore body information

  • General form STRINGERS, CRYSTALLINE
    Strike E-W
    Dip 60 S
    Width 0.08M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Parallels A West Striking, 60 S Dipping Fault.

Comments on the geologic information

  • CLAYEY GOUGE FORMED BY PRE-MINERAL FAULTING CONTAINS MINUTE PYRITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Round Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Nevada Porphyry Gold Mines, Inc.

Comments on the production information

  • $85,000 WAS PRODUCED BETWEEN 1906-1917.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A SHAFT, TWO ADITS, AND NUMEROUS SHALLOW SHAFTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FERGUSON, HG, 1921, ROUND MOUNTAIN DISTRICT: USGS BULL. 725, P. 404-405

  • Deposit

    KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSIT OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS.

  • Production

    FERGUSON, 1921, P. 405

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit KEANE VEIN ANTELOPE VEIN STRIKES NE, DIPS SE SHALLOWLY, BUT DIPS 37 NW AT DEPTH.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1981 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1982 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

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