Bluebird

The Bluebird is a copper, gold, lead, and silver mine located in Jefferson county, Montana at an elevation of 23,097 feet.

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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Bluebird

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver

Location

State: Montana
County: Jefferson
District: Colorado

Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.

Holdings

Type: Patented

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Loretta K. Bell
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Montana
Info Year: 1978

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Not available

Comments

Comment (Environmental Factors): NO MILL TAILINGS WERE OBSERVED AT THIS SITE DURING THE INVESTIGATION. THREE DISCHARGING ADITS WERE IDENTIFIED AT THE SITE; ALL OF THESE DISCHARGES ENTERED CURTAIN CREEK. ONE SAMPLE WAS COLLECTED FOR LABORATORY ANALYSIS. MAXIMUM CONTAMINANT LEVELS FOR ARSENIC, CADMIUM, AND COPPER WERE EXCEEDED IN THE ADIT DISCHARGE. CURTAIN CREEK FLOWED DIRECETLY THROUGH TWO WASTE ROCK DUMPS AT THE SITE. OBSERVED RELEASES TO CURTAIN CREEK WERE DOCUMENTED FOR ARSENIC, COPPER, AND ZINC. THE MAXIMUM CONTAMINANT LEVEL FOR CADMIUM WAS EXCEEDED IN THE DOWNSTREAM SURFACE WATER SAMPLE; HOWEVER, THE EXCEEDANCE WAS NOT ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE SITE. ONE POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS, PARTIALLY COLLAPSED SHAFT WAS IDENTIFIED AT THE SITE.

Comment (Reference): LACK OF INFORMATION PRECLUDES FURTHER CONSIDERATION

References

Reference (Deposit): BULLETIN 16, P. 49.

Reference (Deposit): YOUNG-ETAL, 1962, MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULLETIN

Reference (Deposit): 30, P.

Reference (Deposit): BECRAFT-ETAL, 1963, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL

Reference (Deposit): PAPER 428, P. 72-73.

Reference (Deposit): MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY UNPUBLISHED FILE DATA.

Reference (Deposit): MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULLETIN 30, 1962,

Reference (Deposit): P. 24-25.

Reference (Deposit): PRIORITY SITES, SUMMARY REPORT, MARCH 1994, P. 5-98.

Reference (Deposit): ROBY-ETAL, 1960, MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY

Reference (Deposit): MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF STATE LANDS. ABANDONED HARDROCK MINES

Principal Gold Districts of Montana

In Montana, 54 mining districts have each have produced more than 10,000 ounces of gold. The largest producers are Butte, Helena, Marysville, and Virginia City, each having produced more than one million ounces. Twenty seven other districts are each credited with between 100,000 and one million ounces of gold production. Read more: Principal Gold Districts of Montana.