Bluebird

The Bluebird is a molybdenum, tungsten, copper, and lead mine located in Alaska.

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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: Molybdenum
Primary: Tungsten
Primary: Copper
Primary: Lead

Location

State: Alaska
District: Hyder

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

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Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite

Comments

Comment (Workings): HAND SPECIMENS OF THE SCHEELITE-BEARING VEIN CONTAIN AN ESTIMATED 0.5% WO3

Comment (Location): THE BLUEBIRD OCCURRENCE IS IN SECTION 35 AT AN ELEVATION OF ABOUT 2350 FEET ON A WEST-FACING MOUNTAINSIDE ABOUT 0.1 MILE SOUTHEAST OF THE CONFLUENCE OF SALMON RIVER AND TEXAS CREEK (ELLIOTT AND KOCH, 1981, P. 18, LOC. 74). THE LOCATION IS ACCURATE WITHIN ABOUT A QUARTER OF A MILE.

Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive

Comment (Deposit): THE COUNTRY ROCK IN THE AREA OF THIS OCCURRENCE IS THE TRIASSIC TEXAS CREEK GRANODIORITE, WHICH UNDERLIES AND LOCALLY INTRUDES PELITIC METASEDIMENTARY AND SUBORDINATE ANDESITIC (GREENSTONE) METAVOLCANIC STRATA OF THE JURASSIC OR OLDER MESOZOIC HAZELTON GROUP (SMITH, 1977; KOCH, 1996). THE DEPOSIT (BYERS AND SAINSBURY, 1956, P. 139-140) CONSISTS OF A QUARTZ VEIN IN GRANODIORITE ABOUT 1500 FEET FROM ITS CONTACT WITH ROCKS OF THE HAZELTON GROUP. THE VEIN IS 4 INCHES THICK AND EXPOSED FOR ONLY A FEW FEET; IT CONTAINS SPARSELY DISSEMINATED PYRITE, CHALCOPYRITE, GALENA AND SCHEELITE IN THE CENTRAL PART AND MOLYBDENITE ALONG THE WALLS. HAND SPECIMENS CONTAIN AN ESTIMATED 0.5% WO3.

References

Reference (Deposit): Byers, F. M., and Sainsbury, C. L., 1956, Tungsten deposits of the Hyder district, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1024-F, p. 123-140."

Reference (Deposit): Smith, J.G., 1977, Geology of the Ketchikan D1 and Bradfield Canal A-1 quadrangles, southeastern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1425, 49 p.

Reference (Deposit): Elliott, R.L., and Koch, R. D., 1981, Mines, prospects, and selected metalliferous mineral occurrences in the Bradfield Canal quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 81-728-B, 23 p., 1 sheet, scales 1:250,000 and 1:63,360.

Reference (Deposit): Koch, R. D., 1996, Reconnaissance geologic map of the Bradfield Canal quadrangle, southeastern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 81-728A, 35 p.,1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.

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