Nevada Fairview Mine

The Nevada Fairview Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Churchill county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,449 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

Name: Nevada Fairview Mine  

State:  Nevada

County:  Churchill

Elevation: 5,449 Feet (1,661 Meters)

Commodity: Gold, Silver

Lat, Long: 39.17583, -118.19778

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Nevada Fairview Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Nevada Fairview Mine
Secondary: Snyder Mine
Secondary: Gold Coin Mine ?


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver


Location

State: Nevada
County: Churchill
District: Fairview District


Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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

Not available


Ownership

Not available


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: M


Physiography

Not available


Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Epithermal vein, Comstock


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification; Mn-Oxide Stain


Rocks

Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Not available


Comments

Comment (Workings): THE WORKINGS EXPLORE BRECCIATED AND SILICIFIED DACITE WHERE INTRUSIVE DACITE CUTS SILICIC TUFFS. THE LODE STRIKES ABOUT N 20 DEG E AND DIPS STEEPLY TO THE EAST. SILICIFICATION HAS PRODUCED CRYPTOCRYSTALLINE QUARTZ REPLACING BRECCIATED ROCK AND CALCITE. THE PROPERTY CONTAINS ABOUT 1200 FEET OF UNDERGROUND WORKINGS. SULFIDES ARE FOUND BELOW THE 100-FOOT LEVEL


References

Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F C, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON THE CARSON SINK AREA, NEVADA, 1947, NBMG FILES.

Reference (Deposit): WILLDEN, RONALD, AND SPEED, R C, 1974, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CHURCHILL COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL 83.


Nevada Gold

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.