Fairview Property

The Fairview Property is a gold, silver, and lead mine located in Lander county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,201 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 Property  

State:  Nevada

County:  Lander

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

Commodity: Gold, Silver, Lead

Lat, Long: 40.61611, -117.07611

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Fairview Property MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Fairview Property


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Iron


Location

State: Nevada
County: Lander
District: Battle Mountain 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: Western Mining Co.
Years: 1912 -


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1912
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

Not available


Orebody

Form: TABULAR


Structure

Type: R
Description: Dewitt And Antler Thrust Faults


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: IN 1912 ORE RAN $12/TON IN AG, AU, PB


Materials

Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Galena


Comments

Comment (Geology): VEIN RANGES FROM 3 TO 16 FEET IN WIDTH, FULL OF CRUSHED QUARTZITE

Comment (Deposit): HELD BY WESTERN MINING CO. IN 1912 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Production): LESS THAN $5,000 WORTH OF PRODUCTION FROM ORE THAT RAN $12/TON IN 1912 (AU,AG,PB)

Comment (Location): N SIDE OF S. FORK OF LICKING CREEK


References

Reference (Deposit): HILL, J.M., 1915, SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN NE. CALIFORNIA AND NW. NEVADA: USGS BULL 594.

Reference (Deposit): ROBERTS, R.J. AND ARNOLD D.C., 1965, ORE DEPOSITS FO THE ANTLER PEAK QUADRANGLE, HUMBOLDT AND LANDER COUNTIES, NEVADA; U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 459-B.

Reference (Production): ROBERTS, R.J. AND ARNOLD D.C., 1965


Nevada Gold

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.