The Fairview - Wide West Mine is a silver and lead mine located in Shoshone county, Idaho at an elevation of 4,449 feet.
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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
Elevation: 4,449 Feet (1,356 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 47.5269, -115.81390
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Fairview - Wide West Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Fairview - Wide West Mine
Secondary: Wide West
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
Location
State: Idaho
County: Shoshone
District: Lelande Area
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
Type: Patented
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Day Mines Inc.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Idaho
Info Year: 1975
Owner Name: Hecla
Production
Year: 1967
Time Period: Thru 1967
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^3.8 Oz/Ton Ag, 5.8% Pb, 0.4% Zn
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Underground
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Coeur D'Alene Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): Along Canyon Creek
Comment (Production): 12-75 Crosby (1959) Shows Production From 1945-1950 As 57,1 Short Tons With An Average Grade of 3.8 Oz Ag Per Ton, 5.8% 0.4% Zn.
References
Reference (Deposit): Crosby, G. M., 1969 , A Preliminary Examination Of Trace Mercury In Rocks, Coeur D'Alene District, Idaho: Quart. Colo. Sch. Mines, V. 64 , No. 1 , P. 172
Reference (Deposit): Hobbs, S. W., And Others, 1965, Geology Of The Coeur D'Alene District, Shoshone County, Idaho, USGS Prof Paper 478
Reference (Production): Crosby, G. M., 1969 , Quarterly Of The Colorado Sch. Mines, V. 64 , No. 1 , P. 172
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