Fairview Mine

The Fairview Mine is a uranium mine located in Gila county, Arizona at an elevation of 6,201 feet.

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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

Name: Fairview Mine

State: Arizona

County: Gila

Elevation: 6,201 Feet (1,890 Meters)

Primary Mineral: Uranium

Lat, Long: 33.88028, -111.07611

Satelite image of the Fairview Mine

Fairview Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Fairview Mine

Commodity

Primary: Uranium

Location

State: Arizona
County: Gila
District: Four Peaks District

Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
Administrative Organization: Tonto National Forest

Holdings

Workings

Ownership

Production

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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: Mexican Highland

Mineral Deposit Model

Orebody

Form: LINEAR

Structure

Alterations

Rocks

Name: Diabase
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Diabase
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Diabase
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 0.5 TO 5.0 MR PER HOUR

Materials

Comments

Comment Type: Production	Comment: NO PRODUCTION RECORD
Comment Type: Workings	Comment: PROPERTY HAS BEEN DEVELOPED BY AN OPEN CUT, A SMALL PIT, AND A BULLDOZED AREA

References

Reference Category: Deposit	Reference: GRANGER, H.C., RAUP, R.B., 1959, URANIUM DEPOSITS IN THE DRIPPING SPRING QUARTZITE, GILA COUNTY ARIZONA: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1046-P, P. 474.
Reference Category: Deposit	Reference: SCHWARTZ, R.J., 1978, URANIUM OCCURRENCES OF GILA COUNTY, ARIZONA: US ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION, OCTOBER 1957 ; RME-2071, P. 24.
Reference Category: Other Database	Reference: CIMRI