Fairview

The Fairview is a silver and gold mine located in Churchill county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,938 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: Fairview  

State:  Nevada

County:  Churchill

Elevation: 5,938 Feet (1,810 Meters)

Commodity: Silver, Gold

Lat, Long: 39.1792, -118.13310

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Fairview MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Fairview
Secondary: Bell Mountain Mine
Secondary: Bell Mountain Gold


Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold


Location

State: Nevada
County: Churchill
District: Fairview 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

Type: Unknown


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Owner Name: Nevada Silver, Inc.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1982

Owner Name: Southern Pacific Land Co. (See Comments)
Info Year: 1984
Years: 1984 -

Owner Name: N. A. Degerstrom, Inc.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1996


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Open Pit
Milling Method: Heap Leach-Merrill-Crowe
Year First Production: 1927
Discovery Year: 1900
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: Great Basin


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Not available


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Unknown: Cerargyrite
Unknown: Adularia
Unknown: Barite
Unknown: Calcite
Unknown: Corundum
Unknown: Electrum
Unknown: Fluorite
Unknown: Limonite
Unknown: Montmorillonite
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Rhodochrosite
Unknown: Silver
Unknown: Acanthite


Comments

Comment (Production): PAST PRODUCTION--35 MT OF ORE; 17 G/MT AU, 562 G/MT AG.

Comment (Geology): GENERAL SIZE OF ORE BODY IS SMALL. OTHER TYPES OF ALTERATION ARE CHLORITIZATION, SERITIZATION CLOSE TO WALL ROCK, AND OXIDATION. STRIKE AND DIP OF MINERALIZED ZONE BASED ON MAIN VEIN. SULFIDES AND SULFOSALTS HAVE BEEN COMPLETELY LEACHED FROM THE VEIN. ORIGINAL ORE MINERALS WERE ELECTRUM AND ARGENTITE. ZPHINZ ZONE WAS DISCOVERED AS A CROSS STRUCTURE OF MAIN VEIN IN ABOUT 1982. LARGE RESERVES OF LOW-GRADE ORE REPORTED AS EXTENSIONS OF MAIN VEIN. RECENT DISCOVERY OF ORE IN THE ZPHINZ ZONE COULD ALTER ORIGINAL DEVELOPMENT PLANS.

Comment (Geology): YELLOW-GRAY CLORIDE MINERALS ARE ALSO PRESENT.

Comment (Ownership): IF OPTION AGREEMENT MET IN 1984 SPLC WILL OWN 66.6% OF THE PROPERTY AND WILL BECOME OPERATOR.

Comment (Reserve-Resource): COLUMN 2 GRADE BASED ON ASSAY OF FIRST CROSSCUT.

Comment (Deposit): THE GENERAL LOCATION IS ABOUT 60 KM SE OF FALLON. MINING METHOD IS OPEN PIT; 5 METER BENCHES. WATER IS PUMPED 12 KM FROM A WELL AT STINGAREE FLAT. THE ROAD IS 12 KM LONG FROM U.S. HIGHWAY 50. ANNUAL PROD. RATE ANTICIPATED-1.43 MT AU; 37.5 MT AG. PROCESS RATE--650 MT/D (1982 PRELIMINARY). PRODUCT TYPE--DORE BULLION (AG-AU 30:1). THE MILL IS BEING CONSTRUCTED ON SITE. MILLING METHOD--TANK CYANIDATION (CCD); ZINC PRECIPITATION, AND SMELTING. THE POWER IS DERIVED FROM CAT DIESELS. NAME ON THE NATIONAL ASSESSMENT, 1995, KNOWN DEPOSITS DATA BASE IS FAIRVIEW, #107, DEPOSIT HAS A LAT/LONG VERY CLOSE TO THE MILS LAT/LONG OF THIS MAS PROPERRTY FILE.

Comment (Geology): IN LITHOLOGY UNSPECIFIED INTRUSIVE IS CALCITE QUARTZ VEIN.


References

Reference (Reserve-Resource): DISTRICT, AND BELL MOUNTAIN MINE, FIELD TRIP 4, PRECIOUS

Reference (Reserve-Resource): GUIDE: CANDELARIA MINE, GOLDFIELD DISTRICT, TONOPAH

Reference (Reserve-Resource): GARSIDE, L. J. AND H. F. BONHAM, JR. ROAD LOG/TRIP

Reference (Reserve-Resource): AUGUST 1982, P. 46.

Reference (Deposit): GEOL. BULL. 83, 1974, PP. 78-79.

Reference (Deposit): DEPOSITS OF CHURCHILL COUNTY, NEVADA. NV BUREAU OF MINES AND

Reference (Deposit): WILLDEN, R., AND R. C. SPEED. GEOLOGY AND MINERAL

Reference (Deposit): WORLD MIN. (YEARBOOK), V. 36, NO. 8, 1983, PP. 60-61.

Reference (Deposit): CO, 1983, 142 PP.

Reference (Deposit): GRACE, K. A. EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT IN 1982.

Reference (Deposit): STATES: A MINE- SEARCH REPORT. MET. ECON. GROUP, BOULDER,

Reference (Deposit): CHENDER, M. (ED.). GOLD PROJECTS IN THE UNITED

Reference (Deposit): KNOWN DEPOSITS, #107, "FAIRVIEW".

Reference (Deposit): NATIONAL ASSESSMENT, 1995, CONTERMINOUS UNITED STATES

Reference (Reserve-Resource): MAR. 25-28, 1984, PP. FT4 1-27.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): SYMP. OF ASSOC. EXPL. GEOCHEM., RENO, NV,

Reference (Reserve-Resource): CORDILLERA, FIELD TRIP GUIDEBOOK, ED. BY J. L. JOHNSON.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): EXPLORATION FOR ORE DEPOSITS OF THE NORTH AMERICAN

Reference (Reserve-Resource): DISCOVERS NEW MINERALIZED ZONE. VOLUMNE 51, NUMBER 12,

Reference (Reserve-Resource): CALIFORNIA MINING JOURNAL. AMERICAN PYRAMID

Reference (Reserve-Resource): PYRAMID, INC., VANCOUVER, B.C., CANADA.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): STOCKHOLDERS. JAN. 1, 1982, 2 PP; AVAILABLE FROM AMERICAN

Reference (Reserve-Resource): BELL MOUNTAIN MINING CO. INTERIM REPORT-MESSAGE TO

Reference (Reserve-Resource): METAL DISTRICTS IN WEST-CENTRAL NEVADA. PAPER IN


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