The data below represent everything available in the MBMG Abandoned and Inactive Mines (AIM) database.

Sites Table
AIM Id Name Alternate Name District County
CC002543 FAIRPLAY MINE MONTANA/NEIHART CASCADE
MRDS AMLI MILS Latitude Longitude Datum
07-112 300130012 46.9456 -110.7194
Township Range Section QSection UTM Northing UTM Easting UTM Zone UTM Datum
14N 08E 28 CBAA 5198902 521267 12
Average Elevation Elev Units Land Owner 250K Quad 100K Quad 24K Quad
F WHITE SULPHUR WHITE SULPHUR NEIHART
Property Type Update Date Who Updated
LODE 4/27/1998 PAH
Commodities Table
Commodities Identified
GOLD
LEAD
SILVER
ZINC
Agency Info Table
Information
Agency: NF
Region District: R1
Ranger District: KINGS HILL
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Watershed Code: 10030105
Forest or Resource Area: LEWIS AND CLARK
Owner: P
Impact: U
Report: The Fairplay claim is located one and an eighth miles northeast of Neihart on the crest of the divide between snow Creek and Belt Creek (Robertson, 1951). There were not any tailings at the site. The waste rock volume was estimated to be 2,010 cubic yards. There was one discharging adit at the site. The pH was measure to be 6.09. The MCL for cadmium was exceeded. There were not any hazardous openings or structures at the site. According to Robertson (1951) the vein is a narrow fissure in Pinto diorite, and the development was a short adit. Galena, sphalerite, pyrite, silver sulfides, cerussite, and limonite are all found in the ore.
Screening Criteria Table
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Visit: Y
Comments: VISITED BY JEFF LONN; 5/18/98; ALSO MDSL-AMRB/PIONEER TECHNICAL SERVICES REPORT (1995)
Rank Table
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Investigator: J. LONN
Date: 5/18/1998
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