Fairview - Wide West Mine

The Fairview - Wide West Mine is a silver and lead mine located in Shoshone county, Idaho at an elevation of 4,449 feet.

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

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Site Name

Primary: Fairview - Wide West Mine
Secondary: Wide West

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc

Location

State: Idaho
County: Shoshone
District: Lelande Area

Land Status

Land ownership: Private
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
Type: Located Claim

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Day Mines Inc.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Idaho
Info Year: 1975

Owner Name: Hecla

Production

Year: 1967
Time Period: Thru 1967
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^3.8 Oz/Ton Ag, 5.8% Pb, 0.4% Zn

Deposit

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

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Coeur D'Alene Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Not available

Comments

Comment (Location): Along Canyon Creek

Comment (Production): 12-75 Crosby (1959) Shows Production From 1945-1950 As 57,1 Short Tons With An Average Grade of 3.8 Oz Ag Per Ton, 5.8% 0.4% Zn.

References

Reference (Deposit): Crosby, G. M., 1969 , A Preliminary Examination Of Trace Mercury In Rocks, Coeur D'Alene District, Idaho: Quart. Colo. Sch. Mines, V. 64 , No. 1 , P. 172

Reference (Deposit): Hobbs, S. W., And Others, 1965, Geology Of The Coeur D'Alene District, Shoshone County, Idaho, USGS Prof Paper 478

Reference (Production): Crosby, G. M., 1969 , Quarterly Of The Colorado Sch. Mines, V. 64 , No. 1 , P. 172

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