The Bluebird Prospect is a copper mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
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Bluebird Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bluebird Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Alaska
District: Kotsina
Land Status
Land ownership: National Park
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
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
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Country Rock Is Cut By Vertical Shear Zones Trending N 45 W To N 65w
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Greenstone
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: NO DATA
Materials
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Covellite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Enargite
Comments
Comment (Location): BEST LOCATION: USGS BULL 745, PLATE III, LOC. 16 LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Commodity): FREE GOLD WAS PANNED FROM IRON STAINED QUARTZ VEIN ON THIS OR ADJACENT MOUNTAIN BOY CLAIM
Comment (Development): PROSPECTING DID NOT REVEAL AN ORE BODY
Comment (Workings): VAN ALSTINE AND BLACK, 1946, REPORTED TWO OPEN CUTS IN EACH OF WHICH WAS PILED ABOUT 100 POUNDS OF ORE; NO OTHER DATA
Comment (Geology): DEPOSIT IS IN NIKOLAI GREENSTONE APPROXIMATELY 100 FT STRATIGRAPHICALLY BELOW CHITISTONE LIMESTONE; LIMESTONE/GREENSTONE CONTACT IS A FAULT TRENDING N 60 E
Comment (Deposit): SEE ALSO: MOUNTAIN BOY, FORGET-ME-NOT; FOR INTERESTING PAPER ON DIAGENESIS OF CHITISTONE LIMESTONE AND ITS RELATION TO THE NIKOLAI GREENSTONE, SEE USGS PP 1212-A ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Deposit): SHEAR ZONES CONTAIN VEINS OF BORNITE AND CHALCOPYRITE IN FRACTUREDGREENSTONE AND REPLACING GREENSTONE; ALSO VEINLETS AND DISSEMINATIONS OF PYRITE, BORNITE AND ENARGITE WITH A LITTLE COVELLITE AND CHALCOCITE
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 745, P. 103
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 947-G, P. 131
Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-438, LOC. 72
Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 80-892A
Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 80-892B, LOC. 58
Reference (Other Database): BAG-OFR-80-892B-58
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