The Fairday Shaft is a silver and lead mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 8,442 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,442 Feet (2,573 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 40.36056, -112.24056
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Fairday Shaft MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Fairday Shaft
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Mercur District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Uinta Extension
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin And Range
Type: L
Description: Fissures And Fractures
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Dolomitization And Silicification
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Plumbojarosite
Ore: Cerargyrite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Talc
Gangue: Dolomite
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)
Comment (Deposit): MINERALIZED ZONE LIES JUST BELOW THE LONG TRAIL SHALE MEMBER, IN THE LOWER PART OF THE GREAT BLUE LIMESTONES, ON THE EASTERN FLANK OF THE OPHIR AUTICLINE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Deposit): ORE ZONES ARE LOCALIZED ALONG FISSURES IN DEFORMED AND ALTERED HOSTROCKS; ORE IS COMPLETELY OXIDIZED; ORE BODY DIPS S40W
Comment (Workings): ONE SHAFT; CAVED AND INACCESSIBLE.
Comment (Geology): WALLROCKS ARE DEFORMED AND ALTERED. LIMESTONES ARE DOLOMITIZED AND SILICIFIED. SHALES ARE PULVERIZED, CALCAREOUS, CARBONACEOUS, SILICEOUS AND SERICITIC.
References
Reference (Deposit): BISSELL,H.J.,ET. AL.,1959, GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH, NO.14, UT. GEOL. SOC.:U.G.M.S. BULL.14,262P.
Reference (Deposit): GILLULY,J.,1932,GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE STOCKTON AND FAIRFIELD QUADRANGLES: U.S.G.S. PROF. PA.173,167P.
Reference (Deposit): BUTLER,B.S.,ET. AL.,1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S.G.S. PROF. PA. 111, 672P.
Reference (Deposit): SPURR,J.E.,1895, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE MERCUR MINING DISTRICT,UTAH: U.S.G.S. 16TH. ANN. REPT.,PT.2, 454P.
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