The Fairview Mine is a gold mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,640 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,640 Feet (2,024 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 38.70556, -117.06306
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Fairview Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Fairview Mine
Secondary: Daisy Claim
Secondary: Shamrock Mine
Secondary: Antelope
Secondary: Crescent Lease.
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Round Mountain District
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
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Nevada Porphyry Gold Mines, Inc.
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: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Toquima Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Epithermal vein, Comstock
Orebody
Form: STRINGERS, CRYSTALLINE
Structure
Type: L
Description: A N80w, 60s Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Alunite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Realgar
Gangue: Iron
Comments
Comment (Deposit): KEANE VEIN ANTELOPE VEIN STRIKES NE, DIPS SE SHALLOWLY, BUT DIPS 37 NW AT DEPTH.
Comment (Production): $85,000 WAS PRODUCED BETWEEN 1906-1917.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A SHAFT, TWO ADITS, AND NUMEROUS SHALLOW SHAFTS.
Comment (Geology): CLAYEY GOUGE FORMED BY PRE-MINERAL FAULTING CONTAINS MINUTE PYRITE.
References
Reference (Deposit): FERGUSON, HG, 1921, ROUND MOUNTAIN DISTRICT: USGS BULL. 725, P. 404-405
Reference (Deposit): KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSIT OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS.
Reference (Production): FERGUSON, 1921, P. 405
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.
