Fairview Mine

Past Producer in Madison county in Montana, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10221474
MAS/MILS ID 0300570244
Record type Site
Current site name Fairview Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -112.13417, 45.5271 (WGS84)
Elevation 2073
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Old Baldy Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ruby(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Beaverhead-Deerlodge 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 Montana Madison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 003 S 004 W 31 SE Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -112.13417, 45.5271

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBM&G BULL 20, 1960, P29 DIR

  • Deposit

    USBM IC 6972, 1937, P66.

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 574, 1914, P135.

  • Deposit

    USBM MRB REP 73, 1952, P A-17.

  • Deposit

    MBM & G IC 20, 1957, P32

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 02-JUN-98 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 12/15/2017
MSHA mine ID2401706
Mine name (MSHA)Fairview Mine
Current operatorSnowy Mountain Holdings Inc.
Current controller (parent)Delaney Robert L
Mine typeUnderground (Metal / non-metal)

Inferred by coordinate + name similarity (1252 m, 1.00 match). Confirm against MSHA if precision matters — non-USGS-curated cross-references may occasionally point at a neighbouring mine.

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External references