The Fairview Prospect is a lead mine located in Graham county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,751 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: 4,751 Feet (1,448 Meters)
Commodity: Lead
Lat, Long: 32.96639, -110.36278
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Fairview Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Fairview Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Arizona
County: Graham
District: Aravaipa District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Athletic Mining Co. Charles Bush And Paul Morrill
Years: 1950 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
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: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Block Faulting Trending Nnw; Minor Pre-Cretaceous E And Ne Trending Folds
Type: L
Description: Faults
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Wulfenite
Ore: Anglesite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Amethyst
Comments
Comment (Workings): 2 COMPARTMENT SHAFT, DEPTH UNKNOWN; OPEN CUT
Comment (Geology): HORSE MOUNTAIN VOLCANICS MAY BE EQUIVALENT TO GALIURO VOLCANICS; V ERY SCARCE WULFENITE
Comment (Deposit): THIS REPORT REPRESENTS A MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORD M050101 WITH RE CORD M030453 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE; CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEOD ORE, USGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Production): 5 CARLOADS PB-AG-AU ORE
References
Reference (Deposit): WILSON, 1950, ABM BULL 156
Reference (Deposit): DENTON, 1947, USBM RI 4007
Reference (Deposit): ROSS, 1925, USGS BULL. 763, 120 P.
Reference (Deposit): SIMONS, 1964, USGS PP 461, 173 P.
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