Mine detail: Fairview Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 45.53018, -112.0892

Resource(M)

Primary: Silver, Lead, Zinc, Gold
Tertiary: Manganese
Ore: Galena
Orebody form: IRREGULAR, LENS LIKE

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:Cherry Creek Series, Limestone-Marble
Host type:Marble
Associated rock:Tobacco Root Quartz Monzonite, Outlier
Associated type:Quartz Monzonite
Structure:Tobacco Root Batholith, N 30 E Trending Joints And Folds.
Alteration processes:Oxidation

References

MRDSDC12031
DEP10019951
Reference{Deposit:: BERGER, R.H, 1967, BEDROCK GEOLOGY OF THE SHERIDAN DISTRICT, MADISON COUNTY, MONTANA; MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY MEMOIR 41, P. 17}{Deposit:: GILBERT, F.C., 1935, DIRECTORY OF MINING PROPERTIES: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, MEMOIR 15, P. 48}{Deposit:: MBMG MEM 9, P. 42.}{Deposit:: USGS BULL 574, P. 135.}{Deposit:: 1914 RECON WINCHELL, A.N., U.S. GEOL. SUR. BULLETIN 57}{Production:: MBMG MEMOIR 15, U.S. B.M. I.C. 6972.}
ReporterUnknown, Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.)