The Fairview Mine is a copper mine located in Laramie county, Wyoming.
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Fairview Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Fairview Mine
Secondary: Silver Crown District
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Wyoming
County: Laramie
District: Silver Crown District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Laramie Range, A N-S Trending Asymmetrical Anticline
Type: L
Description: Faults, Shear Zones
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ALL ARGENTIFEROUS
Materials
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Silver
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Location): WEST OF THE COMSTOCK MINE
Comment (Geology): AU IN SULFIDES
References
Reference (Deposit): Klein, Terry, 1974, Geology and mineral deposits of the Silver Crown mining district, Laramie County, Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming, Preliminary Report No. 14, 27 p., 2 pls.
Reference (Deposit): Osterwald and others, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: GSW BULL 50, P. 55.
Pages: p. 55.
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