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Fairview Property

Past Producer in Lander county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Iron
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Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044018
MRDS ID M231334
Record type Site
Current site name Fairview Property

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.07705, 40.61601 (WGS84)
Elevation 1890
Relative position 8 MILES WSW OF TOWN OF BATTLE MOUNTAIN
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Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lander

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 032N 043E 25 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • N SIDE OF S. FORK OF LICKING CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Secondary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Galena Ore

Analytical data

Result IN 1912 ORE RAN $12/TON IN AG, AU, PB

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Harmony Formation
    Rock description Harmony Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.07705, 40.61601
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Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Dewitt And Antler Thrust Faults

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N11W
    Dip 50W
    Thickness 4.88M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • VEIN RANGES FROM 3 TO 16 FEET IN WIDTH, FULL OF CRUSHED QUARTZITE

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year <1912

Mining district

District name Battle Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Western Mining Co.
    First year 1912

Comments on the production information

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

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS M231334

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • 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.

  • Production

    ROBERTS, R.J. AND ARNOLD D.C., 1965

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit HELD BY WESTERN MINING CO. IN 1912 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1980 La Pointe, D. D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology