The Fairview Mine is a silver and lead mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,760 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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: 3,760 Feet (1,146 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 34.53528, -111.91472
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Fairview Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Fairview Mine
Secondary: Lyons Claims
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Squaw Peak District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Fairview Verde Mining Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1935
Year Last Production: 1937
Discovery Year: 1932
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
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Unknown
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Wulfenite
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATED IN COPPER CANYON; UTM LOCATION MEASURED TO ONLY KNOWN SHAFT IN THE CANYON.
Comment (Development): LYONS GROUP OF CLAIMS CONSISTED OF 10 CLAIMS.
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT MAY BE LCRET-PALEO VEIN WHICH CUTS PROTEROZOIC SCHIST AND GRANITE.
References
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILES.
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