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Fairfield Mine (Hardy tunnel; Fairchild [?] Mine), Mineral Park, Mineral Park District, Wallapai District, Cerbat Mts (Cerbat Range), Mohave Co., Arizona, USA

‡Ref.: The Resources of Arizona - A Manual of Reliable Information Concerning the Territory, compiled by Patrick Hamilton (1881), Scottsdale, AZ: 67; Schrader, F.C. (1909), Mineral deposits of the Cerbat Range, Black Mountains, and the Grand Wash Cliffs, Mohave County, Arizona: USGS Bull. 397: 88; Evaluation of the Mineral Resources of the Hualapai Indians (1964), Vol. 1: 222-226; AZ Dept. Min. Resources (ADMR) Mohave Custom Mill proj. card file; Hinton, Handbook to Arizona: 99; Bur. Land Mgmt. Arizona Mineral claim file #13342; MRDS files #10027757 & 10210228.

A former underground Ag-Au-Mo-Cu mine.

Mineralization is a vein deposit in Ithaca Peak granite. Precambrian schistosity strikes N30ºE. Veins, fissures and dikes strike NW to NNW regionally.

Mineralization is a 5 foot (1.6 meter) wide vein.

Workings in 1881 included a 185 foot deep shaft and more than 1,000 feet of tunnels.





Map Reference: 35°22'27"N , 114°8'36"W

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