Fairview Mine

The Fairview Mine is a gold mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,200 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Fairview Mine
Secondary: Hawkes Prospect
Secondary: Gold Reef Calims
Secondary: Fairview Group
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 2819

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver

Location

State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Seven Troughs District

Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: Sunatco Development Corp. (Optionor)
Percent: 50.00
Years: 1985 -

Owner Name: Teriton Resources Ltd. (Venturer)
Percent: 50.00
Years: 1985 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1907
Discovery Year: 1907
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: Basin And Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Epithermal vein, Comstock

Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Basalt
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Basalt
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Basalt
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Basalt
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: TO 0.26 OZ/ST AU IN DRILLING INTERVALS. SAMPLE 2819 OF SULFIDE-BEARING BRECCIA FROM BULLDOZED DUMPS CONTAINS 7 % FE, 2 % MG, 2 % CA, 0.5 % TI, 1000 PPM MN, 100 PPM AG, 0.25 PPM AU, BY AA ANALYSIS, 20 PPM B, 1000 PPM BA, 1 PPM BE, 30 PPM CO, 15 PPM CR, 150 PPM CU, 20 PPM NI, 30 PPM PB, 15 PPM SC, 200 PPM SR, 200 PPM V, 20 PPM Y, AND 150 PPM ZR.

Materials

Ore: Stephanite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Silver
Ore: Proustite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Pyrite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): OPENED SOON AFTER MAZUMA HILLS MINE AROUND 1907. FAIRVIEW MINE IS LOCATED HALFWAY DOWN A CANYON THAT STARTS AT A SADDLE SOUTH OF SEVEN TROUGHS, RUNS SOUTH THEN TURNS SOUTHEAST EMBOUCHING AT VERNON. ADJOINING THE FAIRVIEW WORKINGS ON THE NORTH IS THE HARRIS LEASE WITH A 185 FT. SHAFT. IN THE UPPER PART OF THE CANYON IS THE DIXIE QUEEN SHAFT AND THE CLEGHORN CONSOLIDATED AND SIGNAL TUNNELS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Location): ON SOUTH SIDE OF CANYON

Comment (Development): FROM DON MEISSNER WHO ORIGINALLY STAKED THEM IN 1960, WITH A $2500 FINDERS FEE PAID TO JUE MORRIS OF MINA, NV. IN 1985, FURTHER CLAIMS WERE STAKED AND EXTENSIVE SAMPLING WAS DONE. MAPPING AND TRENCHING ARE TO BE FOLLOWED BY MORE RC DRILLING. SEVERAL DRILL HOLES ENCOUNTERED INTERVALS RUNNING 0.06 TO 0.26 OZ/ST AU.

Comment (Geology): THE FAIRVIEW MINE IS LOCATED ON HARD BASALT. BRIGHT YELLOW GOLD INTERLAMINATED WITH QUARTZ OR ENVELOPING FRAGMENTS OF COUNTRY ROCK CAN BE SEEN. THE VEINS IN THE AREA CONSIST OF SOFT CRUSHED MATERIAL THAT REPRESENT ZONES OF BRECCIATION OR SMALL FISSURES ALONG WHICH MOVEMENT HAS CONTINUED SINCE SPACES ORIGINALLY FORMED WERE FILLED WITH QUARTZ.

References

Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULLETIN 89.

Reference (Deposit): RANSOME, 1909, MINING DISTRICTS IN HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA; USGS BULLETIN 414.

Reference (Deposit): MINESEARCH ANNUAL 1984-85, VOL. VII, P. 222-224; METALS ECONOMICS GROUP, BOULDER, COLORADO.

Reference (Deposit): VARIOUS PRESS CLIPPINGS, 1984-85. #5. QUADE, JACK, 6 SEP 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

Reference (Production): JOHNSON, M.G., 1977.

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.