Bluebird Prospect

The Bluebird Prospect is a copper mine located in Alaska.

About the MRDS Data:

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 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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