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Locality Name:
Fairview Silver Mine, Fairview District, Churchill Co., Nevada, USA

mindat Locality ID: 61783
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-61783.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Fairview Silver Mine, Fairview District, Churchill Co., Nevada, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Webber Shaft

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Acanthite	Allophane	Alunite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Diaspore
Epidote	Epsomite	Fluorite	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Linarite	Malachite	Mica	None	Quartz
Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Turquoise

Acanthite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Bromargyrite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Epsomite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hisingerite ()*	Jarosite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Linarite ()*	Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Paragonite ()*
Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rhodonite ()*
Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stephanite ()*	Stibnite ()*
Tenorite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Turquoise ()*	Zoisite ()*

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Ag Al Au Ba Br C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al Au Ba Br C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Sb Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allophane Alunite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Diaspore
Epidote Epsomite Fluorite Gypsum Kaolinite Linarite Malachite Mica None Quartz
Rhodonite Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Stibnite Tetrahedrite Turquoise

39 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	0		2793
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	0		3250
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	0		11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	234764	5516
Bromargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgBr	0		227
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	0		27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	0		4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	0		5707
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	0		1382
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	0		3531
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	0		9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	0		8173
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	234764	484
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	0		9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	234764	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	0		7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	0		30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	0		6890
Hisingerite ()*	Kaolinite Clay	Fe₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄·2H₂O	0		144
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	0		2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	0		5591
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	1	234764	987
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	0		12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	0		17380
Paragonite ()*	Mica Clay	NaAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	0		247
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	0		1425
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	0		3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	0		61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	0		1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	0		969
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	0		6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	0		5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	0		21482
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	0		586
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	0		3418
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	0		1101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	0		5317
Turquoise ()*	Turquoise	CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	0		484
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	0		1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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