Mine detail: Fairview Mine

Previously called 'Hawkes ProspectGold Reef CalimsFairview GroupNBMG Sample Site 2819'

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Location

Lat / long:

40.4535, -118.79516

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Secondary:	Silver
Ore:	Gold, Proustite, Silver, Stephanite
Gangue:	Calcite, Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1907

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1907

Geology

Host type:	Rhyolite,Andesite,Basalt
Associated type:	Basalt

References

MRDS	M060227
DEP	10042431
Reference	{Deposit:: JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULLETIN 89.}{Deposit:: RANSOME, 1909, MINING DISTRICTS IN HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA; USGS BULLETIN 414.}{Deposit:: MINESEARCH ANNUAL 1984-85, VOL. VII, P. 222-224; METALS ECONOMICS GROUP, BOULDER, COLORADO.}{Deposit:: VARIOUS PRESS CLIPPINGS, 1984-85. #5. QUADE, JACK, 6 SEP 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.}{Production:: JOHNSON, M.G., 1977.}
Reporter	Johnson, Maureen G., La Pointe, D.D.