Fairview Mine

The Fairview Mine is a lead, zinc, gold, and silver mine located in Madison county, Montana at an elevation of 6,699 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Fairview Mine

Commodity

Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Manganese

Location

State: Montana
County: Madison
District: Sheridan (Wisconsin Creek) 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

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Hall (Estate), Sheridan, F. Gilbert, Butte
Years: 1935 -

Owner Name: Henry Stine
Home Office: Twin Bridges
Years: 1959 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Tobacco Root Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: IRREGULAR, LENS LIKE

Structure

Type: R
Description: Tobacco Root Batholith

Type: L
Description: N 30 E Trending Joints And Folds.

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation

Rocks

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoarchean

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoarchean

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Galena

Comments

Comment (Deposit): ORESHOOT CONTROLLED BY SHEAR ZONES PARALLELING FOLIATION OF MARBLE BED. MARBLE FORMS FOOTWALL, GNEISS FORMS HANGING WALL.

Comment (Workings): 400 FT N25W ADIT (CAVED, 1981) 60 FT WINZE, DRIFTS AND STOPES.

Comment (Production): OWNER REPORTS- ORE IN BOTTOM OF WINZE IN INTERMEDIATE LEVEL ASSAYS 2-2 1/2 OZ/TON.

Comment (Development): GARDNER-DENVER COMPRESSOR, MACHINE DRILLS TRAMWAY, MILL, POWER PLANT. WINCHELL (1914) REPORTS MINE INACTIVE SINCE 1906.

References

Reference (Deposit): BERGER, R.H, 1967, BEDROCK GEOLOGY OF THE SHERIDAN DISTRICT, MADISON COUNTY, MONTANA; MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY MEMOIR 41, P. 17

Reference (Deposit): GILBERT, F.C., 1935, DIRECTORY OF MINING PROPERTIES: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, MEMOIR 15, P. 48

Reference (Deposit): MBMG MEM 9, P. 42.

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 574, P. 135.

Reference (Deposit): 1914 RECON WINCHELL, A.N., U.S. GEOL. SUR. BULLETIN 57

Reference (Production): MBMG MEMOIR 15, U.S. B.M. I.C. 6972.

Principal Gold Districts of Montana

In Montana, 54 mining districts have each have produced more than 10,000 ounces of gold. The largest producers are Butte, Helena, Marysville, and Virginia City, each having produced more than one million ounces. Twenty seven other districts are each credited with between 100,000 and one million ounces of gold production. Read more: Principal Gold Districts of Montana.