The Fairday Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Nye county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Fairday Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Fairday Mine
Secondary: Fairday Nos. 1
Secondary: 7 and Wanetta No. 4 Claims
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Cactus Spring District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: M. E. Bailey And Assocs Of Goldfield
Years: 1915 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Veins Are Cut By Faults
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 53.80 OZ/T AG.
Analytical Data: VEIN MATERIAL ASSAYED .04 OZ/T AU AND 14.76 OZ/T AG. ANOTHER RAN 0.10 OZ/T AU
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): 27 MILES DUE EAST OF GOLDFIELD OR 35 MILES SE OF TONOPAH, ONE MILE FROM CACTUS SPRING
Comment (Deposit): SEVERAL VEINS. MAIN VEIN HAS 2 BRANCHES
Comment (Workings): 4 SHAFT, DRIFTS, WINZES, OPEN CUTS, CROSS CUTS.
References
Reference (Deposit): STOTESBURY, H.W., 1915, REPORT ON FAIRDAY PROPERTY, CACTUS RANGE: NBMG FILE 219, ITEM 1
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
