The Fairplay Mine is a silver mine located in Cascade county, Montana at an elevation of 22,638 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 22,638 Feet (6,900 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 46.9453, -110.72060
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Fairplay Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Fairplay Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Gold
Location
State: Montana
County: Cascade
District: Neihart Mining District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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: Patented
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Robert E. And Harry Lebeau
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1978
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Limonite
Unknown: Galena
Unknown: Cerussite
Unknown: Silver
Unknown: Sphalerite
Comments
Comment (Environmental Factors): THERE WERE NO TAILINGS AT THIS SITE. ONE DISCHARGING ADIT WAS IDENTIFIED; THE PH MEASUREMENT WAS 6.09. THE MAXIMUM CONTAMINANT LEVEL FOR CADMIUM WAS EXCEEDED IN THE ADIT DISCHARGE. WASTE ROCK WAS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 40 FEET FROM AN UNNAMED TRIBUTARY TO ROCK CREEK. AN OBSERVED RELEASE TO THE UNNAMED TRIBUTARY (SEDIMENT) WAS DOCUMENTED FOR MERCURY.
References
Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES IC 7589, P. 37.
Reference (Deposit): PRIORITY SITES, SUMMARY REPORT, MARCH 1994, P. 5-36.
Reference (Deposit): MONTANA DEPARMTNET OF STATE LANDS. ABANDONED HARDROCK MINES
Principal Gold Districts of Montana
In Montana, 54 mining districts have each have produced more than 10,000 ounces of gold. The largest producers are Butte, Helena, Marysville, and Virginia City, each having produced more than one million ounces. Twenty seven other districts are each credited with between 100,000 and one million ounces of gold production. Read more: Principal Gold Districts of Montana.
