Mine detail: Fairview Mine

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

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Location: Pershing County, Nevada, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.4535, -118.79516
dep_id: 10042431
mrds_id: M060227
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Minor mineral: Silver
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Gold, Proustite, Silver, Stephanite
gangue: Calcite, Pyrite, Quartz
orebody_fm: TABULAR
model: 150: Epithermal vein, Comstock
conc_proc: Hydrothermal
Reporter: Johnson, Maureen G., La Pointe, D.D.
hrock_type: Rhyolite,Andesite,Basalt
arock_type: Basalt
Year first produced: 1907
disc_yr: 1907
References:
  • 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.
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