Fair View Mine

The Fair View Mine is a lead mine located in Pima county, Arizona.

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: Fair View Mine  

State:  Arizona

County:  Pima

Elevation:

Commodity: Lead

Lat, Long: 31.59944, -111.33417

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Fair View Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Fair View Mine


Commodity

Primary: Lead
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver


Location

State: Arizona
County: Pima
District: Amado 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: F. E. Murphy


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1918
Year Last Production: 1918
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation, Surface Enrichment


Rocks

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Gangue: Quartz


Comments

Comment (Commodity): NEARBY AMADO MINE CONTAINS ARGENTIFEROUS GALENA AND SPHALERITE

Comment (Location): MANY PROSPECTS IN 1/4 SECTION OF 17, MILS, CENTER OF SW 1/4 ASSUMED. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Comment (Geology): MINE NOT MENTIONED IN ABGMT 189. DESCRIPTION OF AMADO GROUP, M050508, AND ARIVACA DISTRICT USED.


References

Reference (Deposit): ABGMT 189, P. 103-104.

Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.

Reference (Other Database): CIMRI


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